Loving What I Have
March 2026
| AA & the Family
By:
J.G.
| Lawrence, Kansas
A home, a job, a spouse to love, dishes to wash and a morning meeting. For him, sober life doesn’t get any better
Alcoholism At Large
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
Inside job
July 2017
By:
Patty S.
| Chino, California
With a good sponsor and the help of Step Three, an inmate in California finds hope and courage
Morning coincidence
February 2015
By:
Dave S.
| Butler, Pennsylvania
Sometimes the little moments that almost pass us by turn out to be gigantic
A Free Woman
June 2014
By:
Melissa M.
| Gig Harbor, Washington
Because the AA volunteers who came looked at her—not through her—she was able to let the program lift her shame
Drug Talk
September 2013
By:
Sandy H.
| Bienfait, Saskatchewan
A member shares why it’s important for her to hear booze discussed in AA
Meetings in the bank
June 2010
By:
BILL S.
| New York, N.Y.
During a difficult hospital stay, an old-timer's alcoholism comes calling
TIME IN A BOTTLE
October 2008
By:
S.B.
| Long Island, New York
Anytime is the right time to come to AA
One Brick at a Time
December 2004
By:
John Y.
| Russell, Pennsylvania
It took a while, but slowly the walls around him came down
A Breakthrough--A Miracle
January 1999
By:
Kevin G.
| Ballina
From <emphasis type="italic">Area A Formguide</emphasis>, August 1998
Staying Open to Change
April 1994
By:
Ed C.
| Lima, Ohio
This AA says we need to feel free to look into "every dark cranny of the past" in order to understand ourselves
Don't Skip Over Six
December 1993
By:
Ralph B.
| New York, New York
My sponsor has been sober, quite contentedly, for eleven years and I respect his experience. So when he talks, I listen.