The View from Here: - Each Month a Group of Past Delegates to the General Service Conference Will Talk About the Traditions
November 1996
By:
Anonymous
| Saskatchewan
Shining for All the World to See
Ham on Wry
October 1992
It’s my turn now
August 2018
By:
Thomas S
| Arlington Heights, Illinois
It was time to give away what Kenny had done for him. But was he ready?
On the front line
April 2018
By:
Noah F.
| New York, New York
A gapper in New York City says helping new members get connected is the bright spot in his life
Where Have The Years Gone?
October 2017
By:
Jeanne R.
| Monaca, Pa.
She may be an “amateur at life,” but she’s a veteran at sobriety, and she finds that doing the best she can works out well in both
After A Relapse, Hope
June 2017
The voice of AA never left her, even as she hit bottom late one night in her fourth—and last—treatment center
Exposed
April 2017
By:
David H.
| Canon City, Colorado
He thought he had the perfect cover, that he could keep everyone away—until someone saw right through it
Last Chance
November 2016
He’d blown a lot of chances, but one last offer of help came his way, he grabbed it, and began trying to help other people
A Benevolent Guardian
November 2016
They showed him love though he was still drunk. It was their primary purpose
They Wait For Us
July 2016
An old-timer discovers the joy of taking meetings to the women at her local prison
It Works at Work
November 2015
Angry and resentful at her coworkers, she stepped on toes and they retaliated. What was she to do? AA had the answer
A Box of Pears
November 2015
All she could give her mother was a little fruit, until someone’s share helped her give forgiveness
Before Leaving AA
August 2015
She realized that she might be able to change the things she didn't like
All By Myself
August 2014
By:
Judy
| Chicago, Illinois
She learned in AA that drinking in the shower wasn’t social drinking
Late night at the drive-thru
December 2013
By:
Anonymous
| Kelowna, British Columbia
A guy who answers the AA phones gets a different perspective at 3 a.m.
Interrupt the Rehearsal
January 2012
By:
David
| Cape Coral, Florida
A member realizes that constant ruminations may bring him closer to a drink
God's Confetti
July 2011
By:
John M.
| Monroe, Connecticut
A sudden flutter of butterflies provides this AA with a glimpse of the presence of his higher power