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
Take a risk
January 2015
By:
Mily T.
| San Francisco, California
With spurs and spiky wristbands she found her way to AA
Happy Endings
December 2011
By:
Sam G.
| Wingrave
The story of a couple who met in AA and later married
What We Need
March 1964
By:
M. D. B.
| Westfield, New Jersey
It isn't always what we want, but the painful truth can be a blessing
Delayed Reaction
October 1955
By:
L. B.
| Palm Beach, Florida
A case of being truly better late than never
THE LONG VIEW
August 1994
AA's General Service Office helps to carry the AA message to alcoholics, to AA groups, and to the public at large.
Bill Tells of the Beginning of AA
June 1965
First there was Bill W . . . then Dr. Bob . . . then Bill D . . .<lband then there were thousands. . .
For Men Only?
June 1960
One of AA's first woman members describes her pioneering struggle to gain acceptance of her sex in what was exclusively a man's world of sobriety
A Place Where I Feel Wonderful
October 1999
Self-Acceptance
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By:
Jesse C.
| Livermore, CA.
He decided to stop asking why he was an alcoholic—and to do something about it instead
At Wit's End
October 2014