Six Months Sober
January 1966
By:
J. P. E.
| Floral Park, New York
A young fellow who hadn't talked at a meeting yet, takes a look at his old "social-misfit" days
Make Your Immaturity Pay
March 1965
By:
Anonymous
Those defects can keep us alive to the need to change
A.A. Steps for the Underprivileged Non-A.A.
June 1960
By:
Edward J. Dowling, S. J.
A longtime friend of AA shows how the Twelve Steps can be effectively applied to any problem in life
Closed Meeting
September 1959
A Life That’s Brand New
Web Exclusives
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By:
Marie H.
| Hollywood, Fla.
Surviving a horrific blackout incident, she was determined to find a new way of life
We're not alone
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Bob H.
| Dana Point, California
End run
July 2018
By:
Charles H
| Atwater, California
His prison was filled with alcohol and drugs, but luckily he began to do laps with a guy named Skyler
Holding my breath
March 2018
By:
Elizabeth J.
| Shrewsbury,, New Jersey
The scene she witnessed at the checkout line was hard to swallow, but it made her grateful she was sober and free
I Came To Believe That…
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Peter
| Finland
Newly sober and filled with fear, he listened when an older AA asked him: “Have you ever prayed?”
Heart and Hip
June 2016
Message Received
June 2015
By:
Anonymous
It used to take many times to hear the truth, and now it usually takes once
A Portrait of a Marriage
May 2015
By:
Lee G.
| Tabernacle, New Jersey
They met in a bar, did a lot of drinking together, and then both got sober in AA
The Laughingstock of Queens
October 2013
By:
Anonymous
It's bad enough he's in AA—what a loser. Now he has to set up chairs?
My Bottom is Mine
January 2013
By:
Paul S.
| Largo, Florida
Was yours high or low? One alcoholic ponders the question
Confessions of a 13th Stepper
February 2012
By:
Anonymous
Ostracized and alone, a man with eight years finally finds help in the rooms
Don't Ask Dr. Mom
July 2011
By:
Jason H.
| Stayton, Oregon
She prescribed booze and weed for a twisted ankle, which triggered her son’s deadly disease