There Is No Free Lunch
July 1994
By:
Colin R.
| Sydney
Tradition 7 - Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.
One night in London
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Rose M.
| Jersey, Channel Islands
After 50 years, she’s curious to find the man who kept the doors open so she could find us
The night shift
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Lauren C.
| Draper, Utah
Scared and battered, she landed in a place where she got more than good care. She was prescribed a new life
Sunday school
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Judy F.
| Chemainus, British Columbia
With an open heart, a member helps her pastor understand our Fellowship a little better
Relapse after 11 years
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Ahmed J.
| Coral Springs, Florida
From a Florida jail, a dad warns how pain meds and a weak program woke his sleeping lion
Simple rules
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Faye B.
| Lakeland, Florida
She came to believe in AA. Now, at 88, she passes it on and keeps it uncomplicated
Touched by beautiful souls
September 2018
By:
Errol M.
| Virginia
A member with 60 years sober recalls the night it all began
A date to remember
July 2018
By:
Derek R.
| Ottowa, Ontario
Dinner, movie and Twelfth Step call. Sounds like the perfect evening
Any lengths?
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Russ K.
| Tampa, Florida
A sponsee in Florida shares valuable lessons he’s learned from his sponsor—including how to survive in a hurricane
The 13th Meeting
July 2017
By:
Ray W.
After a drunken-driving conviction, the court ordered him to go to 12 meetings. It took him eight years to make the 13th
Not Yet?
May 2017
None of that usual alcoholic stuff had happened to her—not the broken marriage, lost job, estranged children, or click of handcuffs on her wrists. Not yet, anyway.
They Got To See the Best of Me
September 2015
Because of technology, her wish to go back and help the women at her former prison was about to hit the big screen
Lost in the English Rain
May 2015
By:
Chad P.
| Grand Island, New York
Far from home and unable to find a meeting, he got a helping hand
A New World
January 2015
By:
Don S.
| Burlington, Connecticut
He had no idea he was entering a life of softball, snorkling, dancing and joy
25 Years of Regret
September 2013
By:
Richard V.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
Clearing the shame from a past marriage brought a few pleasant surprises
My New Best friend
August 2013
By:
Megan G.
| Prospect, Ohio
A recovery counselor learns to set healthy boundaries