Ham on Wry
December 2002
Short Takes
October 1951
Wild Drinking Out West
October 2008
By:
Joni S.
| Park Rapids, Minnesota
For a former barkeep, recovery seemed impossible after such a long run
Saturday Night
May 2008
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
It doesn't have to be the loneliest night any more
A Visitor's Report
July 2001
How AA Came to New Zealand
September 1976
By:
Pat
| Wellington
The story of one man and a book, and of the impact he made on his homeland
Alcoholism Is a Lonely Business
May 1970
By:
Anonymous
| Tolovana Park, Oregon
Not just the loneliness of the flesh, but of a soul cut off from God
The Puzzle of AA
April 1965
By:
Griffith Edwards, M.D.
An English psychiatrist finds that AA "continues to grow and to puzzle psychiatrists by breaking all rules of psychotherapy. . .
Right Here Inside
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
Ruth P.
| Seattle, Washington
Like many others, she began searching to find a Higher Power. Then one day a tragedy made it clear
This Joyous Island
September 1976
By:
J. O.
Gone now is the agony of waiting for the boat to bring the booze
Guilt
March 1973
By:
C. W. B.
| Tryon, North Carolina
Our misdeeds cannot be changed--our thinking can
My Church and My AA
September 1970
By:
Father John F.
| Washington, District of Columbia
A priest tells how, for him, they are two different things, but equal in importance
Excuses, Excuses
She had every reason to skip meetings but the one reason she had to go kept her coming back