Microbursts of Joy
November 1999
By:
Jan P.
| Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God <emphasis type="underline">as we understood Him</emphasis>, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.
Coming Unglued
September 1999
By:
S. H.
| Las Cruces, New Mexico
Step 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
The Man in the Green Hat
August 1998
By:
Diane L.
| Venice, California
An AA member searches for--and finds--a meeting abroad
Web Exclusive: On the Rat Wheel
October 2011
By:
Molly H.
| Fresno, California
Obsessive thinking nearly led her to a drink until she turned it over to a Higher Power
Delta king
January 2010
By:
DON C.
| Kosciusko, Miss.
The boy who could get anything he wanted ends up broke, alone and in prison
A Long, Dry Drunk
February 2006
By:
Loren B.
| Bozeman, Montana
An alcoholic's suffering ends with a raised hand
Drifting
January 2006
By:
William S.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
After fourteen years of sobriety, an AA gets a wake-up call
Where's My Reward?
September 2005
By:
Christine P.
| North Hollywood, California
Sober twelve years, an AA wonders when she'll get the big pay-off
Luck of the Draw
March 2005
By:
Wally L.
| Carmel Valley, California
Reflecting on twenty years of the gains of sobriety
Recovering From Fear and Resentment
September 2002
By:
Ernest S.
| York Harbor, Maine
One Alcoholic's Story