Take the steps
May 2018
By:
Doc
| Blue Springs, Missouri
An old-timer, once known as Shaky Jake, walks us through the program that changed his life
Digging The Steps
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Anonymous
| Mason City, Iowa
Determined to do his Seventh Step, a member grabs his boots, bundles up and gives it his all
Web Exclusive: Free On the Inside
March 2011
By:
Bruce M.
| Garden City, Georgia
Prison AA offers him another chance to be "a real man."
When You Hit the Streets--Call AA
July 1981
By:
E. M.
| Santa Barbara, California
In this section, six AAs tell us how it works, inside and outside
Death in the mirror
March 2011
By:
Beverly W.
| Boca Raton, Florida
Her fast track to the morgue is averted by a spiritual experience
The guy who ruined my meeting
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
By:
Robin W.
| Marina Del Rey, California
He’s new, he comes in late and he disrupts everything. Someone should do something
Thankful for all I have learned
November 2023
| Gratitude
Those drunken years lost in the dark are now invaluable experiences to help others
Savor the moment
November 2018
By:
Sue S.
| Bistol, Vermont
Today, she can be grateful for the smell of fruit at her nose and another day to read, learn and create
The Power That Lies Inside the Glass
October 2018
By:
Anonymous
The man may have been drunk, but he was a potent reminder of the power of alcohol to overwhelm her life
The Road Best Traveled
October 2016
Putting down a drink is one thing, finding emotional sobriety quite another, according to this alcoholic, sober now 28 years.
The Guy Who Ruined My Meeting
May 2015
By:
Robin W.
| Marina Del Rey, California
He’s new, he comes in late and he disrupts everything. Someone should do something
At the Kitchen Table
February 2015
By:
Debra F.
| Philadelphia, New York
She hadn't had a drink for 14 years -- until the night her father died
A Plug for Resentments
December 1972
By:
G. R.
| Visalia, California
This AA suggests that they may serve a very useful purpose
The Guy Who Licked Liquor
November 1962
By:
Anonymous
A recovered alcoholic takes his courage in both hands to accost the company's super-salesman--who might have a problem