Fabulous & the Rockstar
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Tim B.
| Hayward, California
He had no intention of doing Step Four, that is until a beer took him down and a guy with a funny name showed up
A Dream is a Promise You Give Yourself
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Elizabeth P.
| New York
Instead of crashing at the gates of alcoholic hell, she got to have cake with her good sober friends
Cash & Prizes
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
Dan B.
| Shorewood, Wisconsin
Expensive cars, a big house, fancy suits...why was he so miserable at 10 years sober?
Backyard Bowery
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Steve S.
| Manhasset, New York
As a boy, he’d seen men drunk on the street and wondered how they got there. Well, he found out
The Spiked Cinnamon Roll
May 2018
By:
Sarah J.
| Otis, Ore.
A homemade cinnamon roll laced with alcohol became a sober reference point she would never forget
Never saw it coming
June 2017
By:
Kelly A.
| Champaign, Illinois
Once she gave up desperately trying to find love, that’s when it finally appeared
Thirst for adventure
March 2017
By:
Edith F.
| Essex, Massachusetts
A footloose bohemian sobers up and hits the road and discovers things she never imagined
On the Mountaintop
December 2014
By:
Jerry F.
| Cerritos, California
Getting sober in AA relieved him of his alcoholism and the shackles he made for himself
Central Office Notes
September 2014
By:
E.G.
The Honolulu Story. . . Continued from the August Issue
Tools for Today
March 2014
By:
Lindsay M.
| Lanarkshire
The phone has been an important part of AA for decades … but sometimes it's time for an upgrade
The Undertow of Anger
August 2011
By:
Greg T.
| Oceanside, California
A young teenage surfer resists the pull of anger in order to stay sober
Cash & prizes
June 2010
By:
LAURIE W.
| Howard Beach, N.Y.
Fearing her son would find her dead, an alcoholic turns her life around
Over the edge
February 2010
By:
ANONYMOUS
| White Plains, N.Y.
A young AA finds the program after almost killing a friend in a blackout
The Measure of Success
September 2008
By:
Gretchen P.
| Toledo, Ohio
It's not what you accomplish, but what you overcome
Earth To Stand On
September 2007
By:
Greg T.
| Oceanside, California
A surfer cuts through an undertow of anger
