What we say matters
November 2016
One member says that when we go to the podium, we have a job to do
Where did the party go?
December 2012
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
Birthday boy gets a big surprise at his first sober yuletide event
More ups than downs
May 2011
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
A prank shows her the futility of her rage while working on the Fifth Step
BIKES AND BAGPIPES
July 2010
By:
KELLY W.
| Maumee, Ohio
A rider in the annual Founders' Day motorcade finds new spirituality in Akron
Falling Off The Sled
July 2007
By:
Sarah J.
| Boise, Idaho
An Eskimo finds an answer to a lifetime of fear, alcoholism, and abuse
Growing Into Sobriety
January 1982
By:
Anonymous
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
When she got to AA she was twenty-seven going on thirteen
We Get What We Give Back
June 1976
By:
John B.
| Rochester, New York
No matter whether the job is great or small, when you help the group, you help yourself
Case History
July 1961
By:
Mack
| Luling, Texas
Inside prison he learned how to cope with the world outside
A Fool Hath Said. . .
May 1953
By:
O. B.
| Jacinto City, Texas
IN WHICH A HAPPY AND SOBER OPTIMIST THROWS AWAY SOME OLD BELIEFS
Sunlight of the Spirit
October 1986
Never Waste Your Time on a Drunk?
October 1980
By:
R. J.
| Salt Lake City, Utah
Twelfth Step - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice in all our affairs
Making the Big Book Come Alive
September 1976
By:
Jim H.
| Lewiston, Idaho
How it works in the life of one family
Me and My Traditions
November 1974
By:
C. L. B.
Sometimes passed over all too lightly, our Twelve Traditions are designed to protect YOU, the individual member of AA - From the October 1969 Grapevine
Me and My Traditions
October 1969
By:
C. L. B.
| Manhattan, New York
Sometimes passed over all too lightly, our Twelve Traditions are designed to protect YOU, the individual member of AA
Maybe Unwilling, But Ready
November 1966
By:
T. P., Jr.
| Hankins, New York
Step Six: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.