Check the Ammo!
August 1955
By:
P. J. R.
| Miami, Florida
Sometimes, it all begins innocently enough. . .
Family Circle
March 1954
By:
Ruth T.
| Alderwood Manor, Washington
A DAUGHTER THINKS <lb<emphasis type="italic">As non-alcoholic mates and families see the AA Program. . .</emphasis>
Lest We Forget
October 1953
Excerpt from the fourteenth printing of the book "Alcoholics Anonymous," pages 84-86
AA Associates
August 1951
By:
AA Associates
| San Diego, California
San Diego Non-AAs Celebrate Fifth Anniversary
The Prairie Provinces
May 1951
By:
H. A. H.
| Regina, Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan. . .Alberta. . .Manitoba. . .this is the great central plain that runs to the Rockies. Twelfth-steppers on the range. . .ready for anybody's personal stampede of trouble. . . . . . . . .
No Off-Season In AA
September 2018
By:
Mark F.
| Commack, N.Y.
It may take a while to get yourself into “AA shape,” but once you do, stick with it—the rewards can be permanent
My Private Hell
July 2018
By:
Michelle R.
| Winter Garden, Fla.
She couldn’t figure out how anyone could be a “grateful” recovering alcoholic. After her second Fourth Step, she understood….
The little voice in my head
May 2018
By:
Bob B
| Olympia, Washington
The help he got from Steps Six and Seven brought him right back around to Step Two.
Journey to Sobriety
April 2018
By:
Martin K.
| Charlotte, N.C.
After six DWIs, he realized it was either the end of him or the end of his drinking. Which was it going to be?
Delivering the truth
August 2017
By:
Jennifer O.
| Oak Park, Illinois
It was family pizza night and the food had arrived. So had her moment of clarity
Wisdom From Newcomers
March 2017
During casual pre-meeting conversation with someone new to the rooms, he discovered that AA smarts don’t solely belong to old-timers
Big Sis
February 2017
By:
Barbara G.
| New Caney, Texas
Years of pent-up hurt and rage at her brother had gone far enough. So she prayed and picked up the phone
Cheat Sheet To Sobriety
January 2017
The period from five to ten can be a little dangerous if AA’s turn complacent, but one woman has found a solution
Is “Attraction” Spelled With Four Letters?
October 2016
Does profanity at meetings unite us or divide us? And what does the outside world think? One AA gives his opinion
Defects, What Defects?
June 2016
By:
Anonymous
Step Six doesn’t make us into robots. It helps us get the willingness to change
Outside the Circle
November 2015
A member feels uncomfortable as he learns more about one of the prayers we use
What a Concept
September 2015
Our Concepts aren’t only for service geeks. A member in New Jersey explains why
Listen Sonny
September 2014
By:
Robert B.
| Fremont, California
Desperate to not pick up one morning, a 60-year-old newcomer meets his match