Keeping Me Afloat
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By:
Greg H.
| Park Forest, Ill.
A remote Navy man discovers Loners Internationalists and starts making friends and staying sober in every port
In My Darkest Hour
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Chuck H.
| Laguna Woods, Calif.
When he lost his wife after 51 years of marriage, he knew exactly what to do and where to go
Open Up
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Jim P.
| Peoria, Ariz.
A doorknob for a Higher Power? Some people just laugh at this, but one member thinks there’s a reason it might help someone
What kind of cult is this?
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Sacramento, California
No way was he as bad as those people in the meetings. Surely this AA was not for him
Table for One
June 2017
By:
Robyn R.
| New York, New York
How one member found she doesn’t need a man on her arm or a drink in her hand to define her
Writing The Story Of Her Life
December 2016
She hid her true self behind uplifting poems she literally wrote on walls; it was only after finding sobriety that she also found her essential muse
The False Sea
November 2015
He had to concede that his drinking wasn't just part of the fisherman lifestyle
What's this world coming to?
October 2015
Pricey coffee, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and everyone wanting a tip. It’s enough to keep someone up all night
Office Confidential
January 2015
By:
Patty G
| Naples, Florida
Her first day on a new job and she needed a meeting bad. Not a good day to be “outed”
Dating Rampage
August 2013
By:
Patrick M.
| Brooklyn, New York
Three coffee dates in one afternoon? A member tells how he survived
A Clear Signal
July 2013
By:
Anonymous
After taking a man's life, her need to get sober became as transparent as a prison TV
Rebuilding a Life
March 2012
By:
Tom F.
| Oceanside, California
In sobriety, he was able to put the pieces of his life back together again
Web Exclusive: AA Friends
December 2011
By:
Anonymous
| Long Beach, New York
A man reflects on the death of a close friend in AA
Web Exclusive: My Brother, My Keeper
September 2011
By:
Milton C.
| Ripley, Tennessee
A story of two brothers who helped each other get sober
Story Archive: The Young One
April 2011
By:
Danna F.
| Waltham, Massachusetts
A teen AA finds that age doesn't matter when all are alcoholics
In My Darkest Hour
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Chuck H.
| Laguna Woods, Calif.
When he lost his wife after 51 years of marriage, he knew exactly what to do and where to go
Open Up
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
Jim P.
| Peoria, Ariz.
A doorknob for a Higher Power? Some people just laugh at this, but one member thinks there’s a reason it might help someone
What kind of cult is this?
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Sacramento, California
No way was he as bad as those people in the meetings. Surely this AA was not for him
Table for One
June 2017
By:
Robyn R.
| New York, New York
How one member found she doesn’t need a man on her arm or a drink in her hand to define her
Writing The Story Of Her Life
December 2016
She hid her true self behind uplifting poems she literally wrote on walls; it was only after finding sobriety that she also found her essential muse
The False Sea
November 2015
He had to concede that his drinking wasn't just part of the fisherman lifestyle
What's this world coming to?
October 2015
Pricey coffee, bumper-to-bumper traffic, and everyone wanting a tip. It’s enough to keep someone up all night
Office Confidential
January 2015
By:
Patty G
| Naples, Florida
Her first day on a new job and she needed a meeting bad. Not a good day to be “outed”
Dating Rampage
August 2013
By:
Patrick M.
| Brooklyn, New York
Three coffee dates in one afternoon? A member tells how he survived
A Clear Signal
July 2013
By:
Anonymous
After taking a man's life, her need to get sober became as transparent as a prison TV
Rebuilding a Life
March 2012
By:
Tom F.
| Oceanside, California
In sobriety, he was able to put the pieces of his life back together again
Web Exclusive: AA Friends
December 2011
By:
Anonymous
| Long Beach, New York
A man reflects on the death of a close friend in AA
Web Exclusive: My Brother, My Keeper
September 2011
By:
Milton C.
| Ripley, Tennessee
A story of two brothers who helped each other get sober
Story Archive: The Young One
April 2011
By:
Danna F.
| Waltham, Massachusetts
A teen AA finds that age doesn't matter when all are alcoholics
The angel at the table
March 2011
By:
Bob R.
| Shelburne, Vermont
Twenty-five years later he’s still passing on what a mysterious stranger offered him
