Prickly Worker
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Anonymous
| Sacramento, Calif.
Over decades of sobriety, his work life became a great place to grow and apply the principles of the program
Once Over Lightly
April 1979
Going Down
June 2016
By:
Steve B.
| Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
He was escorted to the elevators the day he was fired. Then booze escorted him to AA
Change in Focus
October 2015
By:
Anonymous
Desperate to relate to her difficult mother, she let the Steps help her put the microscope away
Single Father
November 2003
By:
Miguel C.
| Portland, Oregon
Translated and reprinted from La Viña, September-October 2003
Mini-miracles
October 1975
By:
Anonymous
| Charlottesville, Virginia
Little miracles in life add up to the big miracle of AA
Your God Or Mine
September 1971
By:
R. B.
| Venice, California
Resentment ran riot when others differed with his concept of a Higher Power
Moments of Spiritual Awareness
June 1962
AA Has Never Lied To Me
May 2017
Night, after night, commitment after commitment, he found that giving the gift of service led him to a new life
Three Weeks into Sanity
July 1972
By:
C. B.
| Houston, Texas
A sudden awakening brought her to an acceptance of reality
So You Want a "Celebrity" Speaker?
March 1962
By:
M. B.
| Manhattan, New York
a harassed program chairman urges solid AA speakers, not "name
What's Beyond Cloud Nine?
August 1961
By:
P. G.
| Rumson, New Jersey
AA is a journey of little successes
Other Closed Meeting Subjects
September 1954
So Worth It
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
B.B.
| Mississauga, Ontario
A member in Canada shares his long wonderful story of relationships, sponsors and living the good life
Rebuilding
November 2024
| The Gift Of Gratitude
By:
Ben B.
| St. Paul, Minnesota
When he realized he had dyslexia, he got outside help, shared about it and found his place in AA