What We Were Like
October 1997
By:
Ramona B.
| Montesano, Washington
Grays Harbor County, Washington
Whose Father?
April 1994
By:
Barbara N.
| Charlottesville, Virginia
This AA feels that the Lord's Prayer can create barriers for some
Dear Editors:
June 1968
By:
P. H. G.
| Montclair, New Jersey
. . .depart so far from the spirit of AA that it is ridiculous. . .
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
January 1971
By:
UPI
Liquor Sales Up
Expenses of Speakers Pose Problem
April 1948
Individual and Group Membership
January 1998
Around AA
August 1996
Digest of Advisory Actions - Some significant Advisory Actions appear below in condensed form
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
June 1970
AA Overseas - Conferences and Conventions
Homecoming
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Carrie B.
| Bend, Ore.
Though a drinking crowd is no longer her thing, she gratefully shows up when it matters
Editor letter
February 2017
Higher Powered
May 2025
| Young and Sober
By:
DJB
| Wyckoff, New Jersey
A bumper sticker got her attention, but it was the kindness of members and her childhood religion that helped her with Step Two
Forgiven
October 2013
By:
Eavan J.
| Landing, New Jersey
What she got one drunken night on the highway was much more powerful than booze
Hail, Perseverance Group of Tobago Island!
April 1968
By:
M. C.
| Pleasantville, New York
An AA writes gratefully of experience, strength, and hope shared at an Easter meeting on a "blessedly balmy island
Here & Now
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
By:
Maryellen O.
| San Rafael, Calif.
Through cancer and COVID, this longtimer finds joy in service and accepting life exactly where it is
Still Learning
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Mickey H.
| Northridge, Calif.
Through grief, relocation, illness and a pandemic, a senior AA member uses the tools to keep going strong
One Wave at a Time
May 2026
| How the steps changed my life
By:
Randy T.
| Harkers Island, North Carolina
After a near drowning, he came to believe. Now at 65, he’s surfing and learning to meditate
On His Way
October 1991
Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
September 2011
By:
Jerry P.
| Hastings, Nebraska
From Section 2, Living History
No Pebble Unturned
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
By:
Sharron W.
| Branford, Ontario
Doing a thorough Fourth Step was hard, she says, but there’s no feeling on earth quite as good as that