The love of my life
June 2017
By:
Wendy L.
| Vancouver
After yet another broken heart, she finally did a Third Step and found what she was looking for
The Angriest Newcomer
September 2015
She was desperate to take the edge off, but afraid to go back to her vodka martinis
My Lifeline to the World
May 2014
By:
Bonnie C.
| Tujunga, California
A deaf member gets help from her canine friends, but it’s AA that saves her sobriety
At the Candy Cane Ball
May 2014
By:
Julia G.
| Rockaway, New Jersey
From the beginning, it was clear that alcohol was going to be a problem
Dawn at the Rehab
February 2013
By:
Nancy S.
| Sweet Home, Oregon
She was angry and wanted nothing to do with God—until one frozen 5 a.m. smoke break
Interrupt the Rehearsal
January 2012
By:
David
| Cape Coral, Florida
A member realizes that constant ruminations may bring him closer to a drink
Too smart for AA?
April 2009
By:
Gary S.
| Primghar, Iowa
It took him years to get that he simply needed meetings
From the Gates of Insanity and Death
October 1996
Living in the "now," he is beginning to taste the rewards of application to the program of recovery
Peace With the Past
September 1995
By:
Anonymous
| Sheboygan, Wisconsin
STEP 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
Professor Winkley and the Aversion Treatment
October 1975
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
In pure science, results are often something other than we looked for
The God Force
October 1974
By:
D. L.
| Sao Paulo
There are spiritual laws. We can struggle against them or harmonize with them
The Treatment Center 'Graduate'
February 1973
By:
W. G.
| Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
He comes to AA sober, looking for a new way of life
The Maritimes
May 1951
Eastward to Price Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Islands of great harbors...and harbor now for fifty-one AA groups. AA jutting out into the storms of the sea...
Romancing The Holiday Drink
December 2007
By:
Valerie C.
| Oviedo, Florida
Among the beautiful people
Update From the Author of "Growing Up All Over Again
June 1996
By:
H. K.
| Marengo, Illinois
Sixth in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories