My Wife Divorced Me
March 1967
By:
Ed F.
| Warren, Ohio
It seemed the worst thing that could have happened. . .
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
Time to Up My Game
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Anonymous
| Corpus Christi, Texas
The first 11 Steps had transformed his life. Now it was time for Step Twelve
It Takes What It Takes
June 1978
By:
B. P.
| Pompano Beach, Florida
Her first Fourth Step wasn't too honest, but it opened the door to self-acceptance
To Fetch a Pail of What?
May 1977
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Smiling bravely through the pain of shattered childhood illusions, this writer helps us face up to reality. . .
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
December 1975
Passing of Jack Alexander Recalls Early AA Growth