Waiting for Things to Get Better
March 1976
By:
J. Y.
| Sparks, Nevada
A twelve-page section in which three AAs write of their experience with the Twelve Steps
Checking the label
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
G.P.
| Outremont, Quebec
Thanks to AA, she stopped categorizing everyone. It was making her want to drink
Making the call
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Marie R.
| Brisbane, QLD
She used to reach for a drink; now she grabs the phone. It’s a simple action that saves lives
The smell of freedom
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Kathryn W.
| Chancellor, Alaska
When it was time to admit, she spent some quiet time in a very special place under the sky
Thanks, I See the Light
November 2018
By:
Brian D.
| Richmond, Ind.
He’d quit drinking before, without a problem. Why not now?
Welcome To The Dungeon
January 2017
Dragging himself out of the solitary apartment where he did his drinking, he found an unexpected blessing in the neighbor who used to make his life miserable
Let the Music Play
May 2013
By:
Larry T.
| London, England
A DJ gets sober and thinks life is over, but the party hasn't really started
. . . As the Result of These Steps
April 1984
By:
R. S.
| Norfolk, Virginia
On the following pages, six AAs tell us how they "came to believe
The Willow Tree of Willingness
Reflecting upon a speaking engagement, she recognized the key to her spirituality
The Sober-pill
August 1969
By:
M. U.
| Brighton, Colorado
Guaranteed instant sobriety--if they ever get it out of the laboratory. . .
Those Were the Years That Were
April 1968
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
And those were the years of the Lady Marchers, among other things. . .
Across the Editors Desk
July 1954
Other Subjects for Closed Meetings
May 1954
The Emancipation of N
January 1953
By:
N. L. B.
| Spartanburg, South Carolina
taking away the bottle didn't bring her freedom
What of the Last Half?
October 1949
By:
R.G.M.
| New York, New York
. . .and practice these principles in all our affairs.
The False Promise of Alcohol
November 2018
By:
Katie N.
| Harrogate
One alcoholic enumerates the promises that kept her captive to alcohol, and the Promises that resulted when she was set free