Ashamed, Afraid, Nervous--And Sober
December 1982
By:
C. B.
| Winter Park, Florida
It's never too late to get back to the program
The Big Depression
October 1964
By:
D. W.
| Van Nuys
Another AA recommended a special kind of help to this member: it worked
What Good Does AA Do in Prison?
March 1962
By:
Henry Max Heilig
a noted prison official tells why your AA visits to penal institutions aren't wasted work
Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends. . .
June 1960
Psychiatry and AA can work together, as this professional writer's story shows
From the Vintage Years
July 1958
A Sampling of the First Anniversary Issue: <emphasis type="italic">July 1945</emphasis>
Growing Pains Here and Abroad
June 1946
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
October 1944
2:00 AM at the Alkathon
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
L.R.
| Lake Worth Beach, Florida
Alone and panic-stricken on her first sober Christmas, she didn’t care what time it was. She went to find her people
Staying in the Game
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
R.K.
| Benicia, California
Through years of challenges, he keeps showing up. And he can’t wait to see what’s next
Icing on the Cake
December 1987
By:
Alan L.
| Gentry, Arkansas
By using the Traditions we can lead fuller lives
Memoirs of a Black AA
August 1985
By:
C. H.
| Jackson, Mississippi
He learned to ignore racial differences and concentrate on sobriety
Powerless Equals Free
September 1984
By:
M. O.
| Oak Park, Illinois
Step One - "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable
How to Become a C.P.A.A.A.
December 1983
By:
N. S.
| Toronto, Ontario
Did you know that one of the fringe benefits of group activity can be a basic business education?
Flag-wavers Anonymous?
July 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy
Losing the Desire to Drink
December 1978
By:
R. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
Beyond the desire to stop drinking is an even more positive goal
The Fast Learner
June 1978
By:
B. P.
| Seattle, Washington
She couldn't understand why they spent so much time on one Step
They Knew Better than I
June 1977
By:
P. B.
| Denver, Colorado
Carry the message to young people, and they will run with it