Trouble Calling
September 2014
By:
Steve B.
| Hopewell Junction, New York
A newcomer learns the hard way that when it comes to romance, keep your sponsor on speed dial
Pitfalls in Early Sobriety
March 2014
By:
Todd H.,
| Michigan
A member with 120 days describes some of the things that proved difficult
I Remember, I Forget
January 2014
By:
Anthony S.
| Roberts, Montana
Seven years ago, he hit bottom all alone in a dingy house. Things are very different today
You won’t find rainbows in the bottom of a glass
December 2013
By:
John B.
| Rochester, New York
While Sinatra’s lonely saloon song plays, an old-timer wonders how he picked up after 39 years
Dear Grapevine
December 2013
I was going through a rough spot when I first walked down the stairs of that church
Her New Technicolor World
October 2013
By:
Karen J.
| Portland, Oregon
How a woman on a speaker tape gave her hope and lifted her out of the gray
Two Sisters
February 2013
By:
Anonymous
A sibling’s emergency becomes a powerful reminder of why we don’t pick up
A Strong, Independent Woman
October 2012
By:
Anonymous
She tried her best to not be like Dad, but alcohol was calling the shots
A Brother's Mission
October 2012
By:
Anonymous
A trip to the cemetery for a Ninth Step amend came with some beautiful surprises
Both Sides of the Fence
July 2012
By:
Christian & Pat A.
One's in, one's out -- but both share the same solution
Many New Beginnings
May 2012
By:
Patrick M.
| Sarasota, Florida
An AA discusses getting sober and getting remarried in sobriety
Falling Tree
May 2012
She came to believe in a power greater than herself while sitting in her neighbor's garden
From Princess to Pickle
February 2012
By:
Joan L.
| Gloucester, Massachusetts
The marriage was going OK until the booze took her away
Tolerance Is a Two-Way Street
January 2012
By:
Dave C.
| Springfield, Missouri
An AA member ponders the meaning of Tradition One and the blessing of unity
The Conference--Then
August 1955
By:
, New York
| Little Neck, Long Island
Memories of AA's "First Panel
A Victim of Circumstances
August 1954
By:
S. L. K.
| Southern Minnesota
There were days in my life that were total blanks. . .
No Trumpets Blew
February 1953
By:
P. S. C.
| Alton, Illinois
His spiritual awakening was more prosaic and yet just as powerful as the kind in movies and books
Pleasures of Reading
May 1948
By:
F.G.
| Manhattan
<emphasis type="italic">If A Man Be Mad</emphasis> by Harold Maine (Doubleday, $3)
A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
September 1945