Changing Channels
March 2021
| Making Amends
By:
Kathy with a K
| Olathe, Kan.
Though the message of hope came to her through the TV, this mom had one more episode to go
Forty Miles South of Calgary
June 1984
By:
D. G.
| New Rochelle, New York
If you're planning a vacation, take some tips from four traveling AAs
Some Words to Grow by
September 1974
By:
Teet C.
| North Hollywood, California
There are times when a speaker shares a thought that is truly inspiring
Invasion
January 1974
By:
C. H.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
Can we keep our cool when crowds of "forced attenders" show up?
Pills--a Minority Report
July 1968
By:
W. S. R.
| East Norwalk, Connecticut
Here's one alcoholic who finds no charm in pills and capsules. His problem, he says, was booze. . .
In the Rustle of the Leaves
August 2013
By:
Steve T.
| Burlington, Kansas
His sponsor is gone, but he can still be heard on a crisp fall day
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
March 2000
By:
Debbie H.
| Moscow, Idaho
Finding solace in nature
A Cold December Night
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Joe G.
| Athens, Ohio
Watching two AA guys on a Twelfth Step call was a Christmas Eve gift he’ll never forget
Web Exclusive: Filling the Voids
June 2011
By:
Jim
After getting sober, he learns how to fill up all the space alcohol took up in his life
Letter from the Editor
November 2015
Letter from the Editor
February 2014
At Wit's End
December 2011
And One Comes Back
June 1976
By:
Anonymous
| Brooklyn, New York
Three friends take a ten-year trip on booze, pills, and pot
Release for a Trapper
May 1961
By:
B. W.
| Flin Flon, Manitoba
Frightened to the verge of insanity, a tough Canadian backwoodsman encounters one of those "coincidences
When The Moment Came
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
Judy K.
| Newport BEach, California
It took a little time, but after watching her son’s and father’s lives change, she realized the truth
A Tale of Two Sisters
August 2011
By:
Beverly R.
| Fayetteville, North Carolina
They couldn't be more different, yet their bond is unshakeable
The Anecdote Bin
March 1963
A Year of Tuesdays
September 2015
Her life used to be punctuated by drinking, now it's measured in meetings
Freedom Through Acceptance
July 1977
By:
G. T.
| State College, Pennsylvania
But when. . .we could gladly make right choices. . .then we had our first view of what perfect freedom under God's will could be like.