Holy smoke, what now!
May 2017
By:
Bill W.
Nearly half a century ago, our co-founder expressed a few thoughts about young people and inclusiveness
School Days
August 2015
After getting sober, she was able to follow her dreams and go back to school for her BA
Bill W.'s Letter About Hippies in AA
June 2004
By:
Bill
Excerpted from "The Traditions in Action" by Bernard B. Smith - March 1971
Within AA:
February 2000
By:
Tore H.
Two presentations from the World Service Meeting, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in October of 1998
Holiday surprise
December 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Florida
As a special treat, she brought goodies to her AA meeting. What could possibly go wrong?
Helping Hands
July 1956
Interest in our "1955 News Roundup" (February issue) of activities and developments outside AA in the field of alcoholism is the reason for this feature. . . suggestions and possible contributions--information, clippings, marked publications, etc.-- are i
Lucky Pennies
September 2015
A old-timer recovering from surgery learns it might just be his time to get paid back
Star of My Own Opera
May 2012
By:
Bill F.
He gave up the lead role and learned to be there for others
Anonymity
October 1979
By:
R. A.
| Kansas City, Montana
Anonymity at the general public level...our chief protection against ourselves
From AA's Scrapbooks: 1942
November 1957
Rambling On
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Fla.
We looked at each other in dismay and rolled our eyes when Lea started to share. We fidgeted, coughed, sipped coffee, tried to stare her down, all to no avail.
One scary guy
August 2016
AA is full of surprises. An old-timer remembers the day he got a really big one
Silence Falls
March 2015
By:
Ed P.
| Gloucester, Massachusetts
Losing his hearing, he had to recharge his sobriety
Brighter Day
July 2014
By:
Dan T.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Now that's he sober, he's counting the days of his life, not the days until his death
Three Months Last Friday
April 1981
By:
G. M.
| Brainerd, Minnesota
No one remembered--not even her sponsor
No Graduation
January 1979
By:
R. T.
| Danielsville, Georgia
What would we lose if we ever completed the course in the AA way of living?
6 Ways to Relieve Self-pity
October 1956
Silver Lining
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Christina A.
| Auburn, Calif.
As COVID-19 completely alters the way we meet, one member looks for ways to embrace the change
Poor Little Old Me
October 1978
By:
C. U.
| Evansville, Indiana
Some tips on how to wallow in self-pity and a few more on how to snap out of it