Moment of Truth
January 1995
By:
Hank M.
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Sobriety can set into motion a positive chain reaction
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
June 1988
By:
The Journal
Bellying Up to the Bar
Booze-proof
February 1978
By:
R. T.
| Denver, Colorado
We need to develop habits to keep ourselves that way
Getting Active
August 1974
By:
Chuck L.
| Garrison, New York
It may mean more than you think at first
They Cared Who I Was
April 1974
By:
D. K.
| Ann Arbor, Michigan
One thing above all came through to this frightened, hopeless youngster
Looking into Closets
June 1972
By:
M. U.
| Brighton, Colorado
The skeleton that rattles there may well be rattling in your own
Believing Is Seeing
February 1962
By:
F. C.
| Manhattan, New York
Does prayer bring power? The author experimented. . .
Practice Does Not Make Perfect. . .
November 1961
By:
L. H.
| Cleveland, Ohio
because perfection is not the goal. But we can never really undo the good we do today.
10 years of love
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Dorothy E.
| Ypsilanti, Mich.
Sponsoring someone takes on a posturing of offering and accepting. How fortunate it is that AA gives us these relationships to ensure that we’re never alone.
Boy meets girl
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Carol V.
| Pensacola, Fla.
This longtime member’s spouse just passed away. So did his. But through their grief, they both reached out. Now what?
Just in time
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Tod C.
| Chino, Calif.
I felt goose bumps on my skin. I believe my Higher Power spoke to me that morning with that Grapevine magazine. God was telling me, “I’m here, man. I never left. I’ve been here all along.”
Jump start
April 2017
By:
Corey F.
| Soledad, California
The information he got in treatment about the program started this young man’s AA engine and put his sobriety in high gear
Replay Resentment
February 2016
He had a bunch of tapes he could pop into the player and use to justify more drinking
Cocktails and a Side of Stress
September 2015
Rattled by an office drinking event, she discovered the power of reaching out
Web Exclusive: Not Too Young
February 2012
By:
Amber M.
| Florence, Kentucky
Alcoholism doesn't discriminate, so why do people in meetings?
Broken--down chorus
December 2010
By:
GLORIA G.
| Cullman, Ala.
Twenty-five drunks belt out a paint-peeling holiday song for a sick father
Powers of Example
August 1982
By:
Anonymous
| Roanoke, Virginia
They come in all shapes and sizes--newcomers and old-timers, those who make the program come alive, and those who don't make it at all. Everywhere in AA, we discover
Basics
December 1981
By:
K. O.
| Hermosa Beach, California
Those old-fashioned, simplistic adages" can save your life