Sober at 14
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
Emma C.W.
| Philadelphia, Pa.
When I was a freshman in high school, my classmates were joining clubs and sports teams. I was stealing money to buy alcohol.
Accepting Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
Robert G.
| Virginia
I went to the AA meeting, but I felt out of place. I couldn’t “come out” in prison. I didn’t want people to judge me. I didn’t trust anyone.
Something to offer
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Jack J.
| St. Louis
After warming up to the love of his group, a newcomer learns how good it feels to return the favor
From Fear to Freedom
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Nancy O.
| Sammamish, Wash.
Her panic attacks were so profound she couldn’t even speak at meetings. Until she learned that fear itself can be a gift of sobriety
A Psychic Change
March 2017
Waking up in a hospital bed, diagnosed with alcoholic dementia, he found his way out of the fog with the help of his Higher Power
Step work
February 2017
By:
Brian W.
| Hartsel, Colorado
A sponsee learns it’s not about winning, it’s about appreciating the road he’s on
Replay Resentment
February 2016
He had a bunch of tapes he could pop into the player and use to justify more drinking
The Strange Egg
December 2014
By:
Tim M.
| Alford, Massachusetts
Though he didn't grow up feeling out of place, because of alcoholism he would come to know great loneliness
Through the Woods
March 2012
By:
Susan W.
| Port Orange, Florida
Her father's death during her first days of sobriety gave her the strength to keep going
A Thinking Problem
November 2011
By:
Carrie J.
| Wisconsin
Practicing the Steps freed her from the turmoil of her mind
Keep the Meeting Going
September 2011
By:
Dawn P.
| Whitesboro, New York
She learned that staying sober is sometimes about returning to basics and keeping it simple
Beyond my reach
May 2009
By:
MARK E.
| Lansing, Michigan
A grieving sponsor wonders what he could have done differently
Tradition 3: "Real, RECOVERED, Grateful
March 2008
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
Drawing a big circle with love and wit
Special Forum In Rimouski, Quebec
October 2007
Meeting fosters unity in a remote area of North America
I Came to Believe
August 1952
By:
R. J. C.
| Rochelle, Illinois
and found that--"IN DEFEAT LIES VICTORY
A Long Way Back
August 1951
By:
D. H.
| Jacksonville, Florida
It's a short haul from cornbread to hoe cake. . .
The Maritimes
May 1951
Eastward to Price Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Islands of great harbors...and harbor now for fifty-one AA groups. AA jutting out into the storms of the sea...
Pot of gold
February 2010
By:
KATHLEEN V.
| Grand Rapids, Mich.
When an alcoholic finds that sobriety isn't all sunshine, she looks for rainbows
A young AA's 'firsts'
April 2009