Typing through the Fear
October 2014
By:
Ann K.
| Houston, Texas
She used to need booze to write; now she just needs a little sober courage
Layers of his Life
April 2013
By:
James L.
| Pegram, Tennessee
The Big Book helped him peel back memories that were sweeter than he had remembered
Band of Angels
February 2013
By:
Ralph B.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An old-timer remembers the special “team” who helped him get sober in 1961
Welcome to Houston
January 2013
By:
Richard L.
| Paramus, New Jersey
In a lonely hotel on his 20th anniversary, an alcoholic gets on his laptop and finds some love
The Incredible Hulk
December 2012
By:
R.G.
| Norfolk, Virginia
Hospitals, jails and DUIs … when he drank, there was no stopping him
Surgery in Sobriety
January 2012
By:
Anna W.
| Oregon City, Oregon
An AA member uses the Twelve Steps to help her with surgery and recovery
Welcome Back
November 2011
By:
Carrie K.
| Surrey, British Columbia
A child of AA grows up to go home again
The Beautiful Smell of Rain
November 2011
By:
Mike K.
| Dana Point, California
An impending storm at sea reminds a member why he's so lucky
Thirsty Thursday!
June 2011
By:
Jake N.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
Every day was cause for a celebratory drink
Most humble?
April 2010
By:
MIKE S.
| Whitehouse, Ohio
If there really were a 'humility pin,' his would have been confiscated
Down but not out
April 2009
By:
Jerry L.
| Phoenix, Arizona
After several false starts, a sponsor learns that sponsorship keeps him in touch with the literature
Cold Rooms And Red Flowers
August 2006
By:
Diana R.
| Spring Hill, Florida
Building tomorrow starts today
A Head Full Of AA And A Belly Full Of Beer
March 2006
By:
Dan G.
| Waukesha, Wisconsin
Jobless, hopeless, and too proud to return to AA
Living Large
March 2006
By:
Kevin P.
| Schaumburg, Illinois
The longer he's sober, the better it gets
Just Follow the Birds
June 1978
By:
C. H.
| Grants, New Mexico
A traveling AA group has come to rest. If you want to find them. . .
And Then I Joined AA. . .
April 1978
By:
K. N.
| Grove City, Ohio
Sometimes it's easier to talk about material possessions than about spiritual growth
I Had Hoped That You Could Help. . .
January 1973
By:
B. F. P.
| Manhattan, New York
Dare we tell others that how we recovered is strictly our own business?
Did Anonymity Help Kill Jim
February 1972
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
Two whole years of chances slipped away, and suddenly it was too late
Soon I'll Be Sixteen
January 1972
By:
D. B.
| Liberal, Kansas
She knows she is an alcoholic--and that's what counts
Are Those Meetings Really Dull?
September 1971
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
This veteran of a thousand meetings finds she always takes away something of value
No Time for Self-pity
August 1971
By:
M. D. S.
| Santa Monica, California
<emphasis type="italic">A really busy person never knows how much he weighs</emphasis> Edgar Watson Howe
The Illusion of Immunity
January 1970
By:
W. O.
| Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Face to face with reality, we often refuse to accept the fact that it could happen to us
Hic--sot--whiff
February 1969
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
The bedazzling rise of fragmented research may make problem drinkers indirect benefactors of a thousand research buffs, <emphasis type="underline">or</emphasis>, has anyone heard of AA lately?
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
December 1968
Report on Survey of AA Membership Study Is First Ever Made by Alcoholics Anonymous