First-meeting Cautious
June 1974
By:
Laura L.
| Sonoma, California
All she did was listen and the listening made her feel better
Oh, Lonesome Me!
May 1968
By:
Janet V.
| Blantyre
An AA Loner in Africa finds there are lots of pretty nice people around
I got my life back
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Becca A.
| Gatineau, Quebec
It's not easy swimming through a drinking world when you're newly sober, but keep going. It gets so much better
Web Exclusive: They Were Telling My Story!
March 2011
By:
Anne L.
| Fort Worth, Texas
It took 57 years, but she finally heard the words that told her who she was.
I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
September 2010
By:
ROBERT B.
| East Islip, N.Y.
It's all about trusting God, a young adult struggling with AA learns
Voting for God's Will?
September 2000
By:
Ernest S.
| York Harbor, Maine
AA's Twelve Traditions: A Pattern of Practical Experience
God’s in the Cooler
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Troy F.
| Newton, Iowa
After a deadly accident, he finds God in an unlikely place
Steering Clear of Negativity
August 1993
By:
Bill B.
| Mount Holly, New Jersey
this AA has learned to take what he needs and leave the rest
The Quality of Surrender
June 1980
By:
Abraham J. Twerski, MD
A nonalcoholic considers our First Step
It Was Only a Four-day Slip
July 1976
By:
G. W.
| Bridgewater, Massachusetts
But it ended in tragedy and a return to prison
Let Me Take Your Inventory
May 1974
By:
Sally H.
| Bellevue, Washington
We're sharing experience when I learn from you and you learn from me
The Grace of God
April 1973
By:
Laura L.
| Sonoma, California
We can choose to let go and let it happen