Late Night Shopping Spree
December 2016
By:
Gary R.
| Ventura, California
He just wanted a few things to go with his booze—and hey, why pay? Oh, he paid alright
The visitor
September 2016
Newly sober and well into his sixties, a man recalls the mysterious stranger who would come to family dinners, but refuse to touch a drop of alcohol.
My Lucky Day in Vegas
August 2015
Desperate to stay sober on a business trip, a newcomer takes action and wins big
Two Lives, One Lifetime
February 2015
By:
Peggy S.
| Belleville, New Jersey
She was born in the Caribbean but started a new life in AA
Ready, Set, Go
October 2014
By:
Dee D.
| Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
At four years sober, she’s learned to apply the slogans that helped save her life to a sport that gives her joy
Last Call on Labor Day Weekend
September 2014
By:
Elizabeth V.
| Reno, Nevada
It was a holiday weekend and the end of something
Letter from Chiang Mai
September 2014
By:
—Bill W.
| Chiang Mai,
In sobriety, he got a new inner life and followed his dreams across the globe
A New Life for Aunt Patricia
September 2014
By:
Patricia K.
| Ventura, California
She wanted to paint and garden when she retired, but martinis and hangovers came first
Starting Out in Al-Anon
July 2014
By:
Wendy W.
| Salt Lake City, Utah
She didn't think she had a problem with alcohol until she got to the Fourth Step
Staying Afloat
June 2014
By:
Anonymous
Taking action and meeting her HP halfway keeps her on top of the water
Typing, Raising Cash and "Imaginary Ulcer Attacks"
April 2014
By:
Bill S.
| Fairfield, Connecticut
A timeline of the first year and a half of the making of the Big Book
Looking Back
September 2013
He wanted to understand when he became an alcoholic. It was pretty clear
Different, But Not Different
September 2013
By:
Nealy R.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A woman with Down syndrome finds that when it comes to alcoholism, she’s just like everyone else
My Name Is Bertha. . .
March 1969
By:
B. D.
| Louisville, Kentucky
They tell me that I killed a man. . .
Alcoholism--divine Malady?
May 1968
By:
P. H.
How do alcoholism and AA look to others? Here is a view of AA as a <emphasis type="underline">layman's movement</emphasis> that cuts across all religions
Stick to your last
September 1966
By:
Robert K. Greenleaf
Seven choices for mature living - The fifth in a series of six articles
Calling the Shots
May 1965
By:
H. T. B.
| Irving, Texas
How one AA sees himself, AA and sobriety after seventeen years
What's This Delegate Business?
March 1963
By:
E. &amp; M.
| Manhattan, New York
Are you one of the new delegates to this April's General Service Conference? The Conference is custodian of AA Traditions, so even if you're not, you may find yourself asking
Wake for a Dead Marriage
June 1962
By:
E. R. B.
| Staten Island, New York
The "false mercy of the blackout" is keeping an alcoholic wife from knowing what she becomes after the first drink. . .
Can Psychiatry Help?
May 1962
What Is This Thing, Maturity?
March 1962
By:
L. H.
| Cleveland, Ohio
an AA member explores the many facets of this much used but little understood word
Dear Joe:
August 1956
The following letter was written by a member to his 26-year-old son, both of whom saw combat together in the late Korean conflict.