Search

Harry M. Tiebout, psychiatrist and great friend of AA, said, "Hitting bottom must produce a result, and this result is surrender," In the following articles, three AAs share their thoughts on the surrender experience

A summary of the happenings at AA's 35th Anniversary Convention

He and his sponsee have written more than 200 letters, and they get to share the love with their groups

A member takes a keener look at how he helps alcoholics and what our primary purpose actually is

The member who told his lawyer about AA probably saved his life, he says. Now he gets to return the favor

A former party girl find sobriety in an unusual way

With little drama, but lots of pain, he stopped “just in time”

Years of Work & Love

Things are a little quieter and tough this year, but his mission is clear. Show love the best he can

Gratitude for the Manhattan meeting that changed her life

A well-worn AA phrase takes on powerful new meaning in her life

With a little help from his sponsor, the Big Book and the U.S. mail, he finally took the action to heal the past with his dad

On Thanksgiving Day, friends and family finally broke through his isolation

He’d made a lot of “fresh starts”—but the one that stuck was coming into AA

Falling off a barstool is literally a cliché of alcoholism—yet it brought him tumbling into sobriety