Better Than I Deserve
June 2007
By:
Ben F.
| Costa Mesa, California
A boy becomes a man under the tutelage of AA
How to Drink With Impunity (or Anyone Else)
April 1961
By:
K. V.
| Glenview, Illinois
4. A DRUNK AND HIS MONEY
Happy Birthday to Me
January 1961
By:
H.W.
| Pleasantville, New York
An AA mother appraises the results of her six years of sobriety on her son--and finds it good
Little Surrenders
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Bill the Shirt
| Bristol
For him, each good deed, each kind gesture, is a spiritual experience
Finding Forgiveness
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Steve T.
| Beaverton, Oregon
For many years he held a resentment toward his father. Thanks to AA, this day he was ready to let it go
Advanced Sobriety 101
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Jeff L.
| Redondo Beach, Calif.
His pain was like a compass, pointing due north to the healing work that needed to be done
If It Ain't Nailed Down
March 2013
By:
Karen P.
| Franklin, New Hampshire
She cleaned out the treatment center, now it was time to clean up her past
A Matter of Time
July 2011
By:
Ann S.
| Menifee, California
An old-timer contemplates the significance of putting together “a few 24s”
What I've learned
June 2009
By:
GARY C.
| Petoskey, Michigan
A member with 34 years talks about changes to AA and how it's still about carrying the message