These Steps Work
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Valerie T.
| San Diego, Calif.
What a game changer. Once she took action and finished her Fourth Step, there was no turning back
The best fit
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Jane E.
| Kings Park, N.Y.
A past delegate asks: How can AA do a better job helping alcoholics and addicts find the help they need?
Just the Right Moment
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
By:
David P.
| Prescott, Ariz.
How soon do you tell your date you’re an alcoholic? Do you tell your friends, coworkers, neighbors? One member has some thoughts
When the Chickens Came Home to Roost… and Got Drunk
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Courtney K.
| San Antonio, Texas
She was doing everything perfectly in AA, or so she thought, until a relapse caught her by surprise
Seeing 20-20
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Mark M.
He stood at a doorway, confused, doubtful and hopeless. And then took a single step forward…
Drink, Rinse, Repeat
September 2017
By:
Mary Beth F.
| Santee, California
This teen hid her vodka in a hair-raising place while she tried desperately to clean up her act
The hoop gets bigger
June 2010
By:
PATRICK H.
| Bellevue, Wash.
A beginner feels doomed by his lack of faith
Don't forget the cookies
April 2010
By:
BRIAN K.
| St. Louis, Mo.
An AA who attends nearly every meeting in his area starts thinking about home groups
A death in the family
November 2009
By:
MARTHA S.
| Eugene, Ore.
A home group becomes a community when an anchor of the meeting dies
The Receiving End
June 2007
By:
Cindy B.
| Haverhill, Massachusetts
Getting to meetings appeared to be a problem until a friend made a phone call
Tommy's Mustache
August 2003
By:
Daniel A. D.
| New York, New York
Step Eight - Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
LAUNDRY VS. MEETING
September 2009
By:
NORMA D.
| Brandon, S.D.
An AA chooses fellowship in spite of herself
Whose Sobriety Is It, Anyway?
August 2005
By:
Fred C.
| Roanoke, Virginia
On wanting to get sober for yourself
God As I Had Never Known Him
October 1983
By:
P. M.
| Detroit, Michigan
A nun's story of personal renewal
Congratulations to Me
January 1982
By:
M. Q.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A look at her assets helped raise her self-esteem
Better Than Average?
January 1981
By:
M. B.
| Englewood, New Jersey
Was it so important to have to be
