Jousting at the Windmills
October 2014
By:
Anonymous
| California
During his drinking years, he did the same things over and over again and couldn't understand why things just kept getting worse
Getting to Know My Brother
Through the program of AA, she found something in common with her brother besides birthright.
Some Advice I Don't Take
March 1966
By:
Anonymous
A cool appraisal of a few old AA saws by a gal member who stays sober anyway
Alcoholism At Large
September 2019
| Young & Sober
Expectations of AA
September 1993
By:
Anonymous
| Manila
in a moment of crisis he learned that sobriety doesn't depend on personalities
At Wit's End
September 2015
AA in Australia
April 1999
By:
David S.
| Brisbane
Nonalcoholic friends, pioneer members, early meetings, anonymity breaks, resentments, and survival--how it all began Down Under.
Broader Vista Opened
June 1945
AA News
February 2012
I'm in
May 2018
By:
David S.
| New York City, New York
An old-timer in New York shares some experience about fitting in and belonging
Coincidently Sober
October 2016
The Middle Ground
September 2002
By:
Anonymous
| Evanston, Illinois
It's a spiritual place, where status and judgment don't exist, where we are all just imperfect human beings
Boy meets girl
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Carol V.
| Pensacola, Fla.
This longtime member’s spouse just passed away. So did his. But through their grief, they both reached out. Now what?
Columbia Institute Hears About A.A.
April 1947
Don't Hug Me!
September 2013
By:
Anonymous
Sometimes it takes a while to warm up to AA's cheery ways
The meeting goes on
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Judith H.
| Morristown, New Jersey
During a record-setting blizzard, a home group finds a warm, safe way to gather
A True Partnership?
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Anonymous
| Cocoa Beach, FL.
Finding out that getting sober can mean finally forming real relationships
MY STORY
November 2009
By:
ANONYMOUS
| California
A member makes a connection by talking about her personal experience