Old-Timer, New Town
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By:
Chau-Marie. G.
| San Rafael, CA
She’s moved three times in three decades—and each time found a foundation in AA
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
June 1977
By:
Harvey McConnell
Is Decriminalization Working?
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
April 1971
One Worldwide Day of Memorial Meetings for Bill
Business Trip
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By:
Addison K.
| Waterville, Vt.
Newly sober and on her first business trip, she finds God’s hand in a raucous AA meeting
No Matter What
June 2022
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By:
Anonymous
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
Getting sober for this nonbinary trans alcoholic was not easy. And it was about to get harder
Cut Me Off
February 2012
By:
Clark W.
| Manassas, Virginia
Step Two helped him stop convincing the bartender he could have another beer
Second chance at life
October 2009
By:
SUSAN B.
| Alexandria, Va.
Sober, she remembers the insanity of her past as she moves forward
Freedom Through Acceptance
July 1977
By:
G. T.
| State College, Pennsylvania
But when. . .we could gladly make right choices. . .then we had our first view of what perfect freedom under God's will could be like.
Cleveland, Here We Come!
May 1950
Keeping it Green
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
Tina W.
| Hobe Sound, Florida
Finding Independence in AA
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By:
Ralph F.
| North Bellmore, NY
How did he come to be called Ralphie Donuts? It’s a classic AA transformation…
MY ICED TEA FIT
September 2009
By:
NORM H.
| Cary, N.C.
Steeping in a self-centered brew, an old-timer's desire to control resurfaces
Keeping It Simple
May 1960
Return to El Salvador
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Santos F.
| Corona, Calif.
Civil war didn’t end his life, but alcohol almost did. Now he gets to bring AA to help people back home
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
November 1980
By:
Dr. Neil Solomon
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Numbers Game
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
May 1969
If You Dial AA, and the Sheriff Answers, Don't Hang Up
Dear Grapevine
March 2020
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Dear Grapevine
April 2016
Noticed
October 2007
By:
Rosie B.
| Nanaimo, British Columbia
A young alcoholic learns trust and earns it
It Comes to Us
January 1961
By:
Anon.
| Cleveland, Ohio
We often hear, "... and then I came to AA." But how often AA comes to us!
Why Study AA History?
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By:
Tim B’s son
| Raleigh, N.C.
Following the path to personal history, one AA to another