Different, But Not Different
September 2013
By:
Nealy R.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A woman with Down syndrome finds that when it comes to alcoholism, she’s just like everyone else
Web Exclusive: A Family in AA
September 2011
By:
Deidra H.
| Bainbridge, Georgia
A woman tells how she sobered up in the same home group as her mother and brother
SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL
January 2008
By:
Felix C.
| Rockaway, New York
A member learns different survival skills behind the walls
Holding Fast to Our Primary Purpose
March 1984
By:
F. P.
| Spokane, Washington
Tradition Six keeps AA on the right track--and out of trouble
An Illicit Affair
May 1972
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
You don't die of fright or shame. Matter of fact, you feel pretty good about it - Small-Town AA
Refresher Course at 23
August 1967
By:
B. R.
| Ontario
He came into AA at 19 and has stayed on the program all but six days
Sidebar
March 1996
Freedom Began in Prison
February 1970
By:
R. R.
| Universal City, California
The Fourth and Fifth Steps help make beautiful music
A Gift of Time
June 1966
Our Final Great Decision:
June 1954
By:
Bill W.
AA'S Third Legacy <lbFirst Legacy: 12 steps of Recovery; Second Legacy: 12 Traditions of Unity
Something Was Wrong
September 2014
By:
Laura F.
| Plantation, Florida
She had always sensed that things weren't right; but she didn't know it was alcoholism
Another Human Being
February 1962
By:
L. T.
| Malibu, California
The program and psycho-therapy meet in
A Desire to Stop Drinking
November 1988
By:
E. P.
| Alexandria, Virginia
From the April 1978 Grapevine
A Desire to Stop Drinking
April 1978
By:
E.P.
| Alexandria, Virginia
She couldn't say, "I am an alcoholic," but she did have
Sidebar
July 1953
Making her meeting
September 2010
By:
DAWN G.
| Kenosha, Wis.
After a tragic accident in the Middle East, an officer finds her courage at a base camp group