Step Nine: Captain Chaos
September 2007
By:
Skitch F.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
An AA realizes the high cost of "freebies
No Barriers
April 2006
By:
Christina L.
| Quesnel, British Columbia
A member welcomes a deaf alcoholic without sign language
Tradition Four: Autonomy--not Self-will
April 2006
By:
Richard B.
| Iselin, New Jersey
From the April 1990 Grapevine
Shortcut To Dreamland
February 2006
By:
Bert S.
| Morro Bay, California
From drawing board, to gutter, to AA
Life--it Happens
May 2005
By:
Joe B.
| White Rock, British Columbia
Ups, Downs, and spiritual progress
Shalom
September 2003
Mr. Lucky
November 2002
By:
Jack G.
| Glenmont, New York
His father got sober in AA in 1945; his brother went over a cliff, but the writer thought he'd escaped the disease. Then the world started closing in.
God, I Need You Right Now
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Billie Jo M.
The woman said "Come on in. honey. We are waiting for you.” And the dark hole inside her began to fill
Born to Raise Hell
January 2012
By:
Mary B.
| Menominee, Michigan
A drunken mom lost her kids—and herself—until a chance encounter with an old high school chum
Sunlight and Air
May 1999
By:
Cheryl M.
| New York, New York
Step 5 - Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.