Falling Tree
May 2012
She came to believe in a power greater than herself while sitting in her neighbor's garden
Web Exclusive: I Fell to My Knees and Simply Prayed, ‘Help’
March 2011
By:
Kim B.
At 18 months, a member expresses her new-found joy in early recovery.
A DRUNK, PURE AND SIMPLE
January 2010
By:
JUDE H.
| Graton, Calif.
For an alcoholic in denial, the party had been over for a long tiem
Is This AA?
January 2008
By:
M.P.
| Pocatello, Idaho
An AA member questions dress codes for speakers
Despite the Pain
January 2003
By:
Stephen F.
| Rockland, Massachusetts
He never forgot that he was an alcoholic, even when the demons of his mind took hold
Do We Need Each Other?
January 1994
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition One - Our common welfare should come first; personal recovery depends upon AA unity.
An Indian Named "Tall Man
November 1962
By:
Richard H. Whittenore
How "the message" penetrated to a desperate situation even the Mounties couldn't handle
Rendezvous in Buxton
October 1961
By:
M. B.
| New York City, New York
The England-Wales Convention as seen by a visiting AA
Dry and on Fire
March 2011
By:
Jerry E.
| Naples, Florida
Not drinking wasn’t enough. Getting a sponsor made his program really take off
Gentle Drunks
January 2007
How Could We Turn Them Away?
May 1974
By:
D. E.
| Oregon
We are responsible. . . - A little group faces sudden expansion--or total collapse
Tell Your Doctor!
February 1962
By:
Dr. H. S.
| Los Angeles, California
through him you may help many others
Home sweet home
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Teresa H.
| Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania
The meeting her dad once attended became the place that she could call home
A CHILD OF WOODSTOCK
March 2009
By:
NANCY K.
| Woodstock, New York
Raised on alcohol and excess, an artsy member discovers contentment in her later years
Sentenced to Sobriety
January 2004
By:
Farris R.
| Springfield, Missouri
It took a lot more than prisons and lockdown wards to persuade him to stop drinking
He Lived Only to Drink
December 2001
I had been preached to, analyzed, cursed, and counseled, but no one had ever said, 'I identify with what's going on with you. It happened to me and this is what I did about it.'