Closer Than You Think
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Debbi S.Bellmore
| Bellmore, N.Y.
Service led her to online meetings, where she now gets to help others who can’t reach us
Gifts of the Heart
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Jennifer B.
| Daly City, Calif.
Service at a holiday alkathon brought her closer to the program and her family
Suit-Up and Show-Up!
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Alan S.
| Rio Rancho, N.M.
Just “not drinking” turns this AA into a dry drunk. It takes the Steps and Service to bring him back to life
Send Me An Angel
April 2018
By:
Jodi T.
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
She was on an extended relapse—and a journey into hell—when an angel showed up at the jail
Thank You, Dr. Paul
September 2017
By:
Heather B.
| Yankton,, South Dakota
She found direction and strength in the words of another alcoholic
Preacher in my truck
March 2017
By:
Frank L.
| Santee, California
Desperate for a drink, a newcomer reaches out to a stranger who ends up saving the day
Drama Queen
July 2016
It took a run-in with his daughter and wife to see he had a little more Step work to do
On the Way to Work
July 2015
By:
Susan M.
| Columbus, Ohio
She didn’t know yet that day was going to be different from all the others
Morning at the Resort
June 2015
She was starting to feel uneasy while on a trip when she ran into some old friends
A Table's Journey
December 2014
By:
Mike D.
| Spokane, Washington
The things we lose when we drink sometimes return in the most unexpected ways
Goodbye Perryville
December 2014
By:
Angela M.
| Scottsdale, Arizona
A woman in Arizona expresses gratitude for the time she spent in a nearby prison
All the Wrong Places
November 2014
By:
Russ G.
| St. Paul, Minnesota
He was always looking for that one magic something. He couldn't have imagined where he'd find it
I Kissed My Baby Goodbye
October 2014
By:
Amber M.
| Roseville, California
A mother goes to jail at nine months sober, yet finds a beautiful way to get through it
A Life Worth Living
June 2014
By:
Barry P.
| Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Even as he battles cancer, he feels grateful for the life he receives in sobriety
In His Back Pocket
January 2014
By:
Ed M.
| Louisville, Kentuckyy
Once he got ready, he knew just the sponsor who'd be the right fit
The Seeds of Tolerance
September 2004
By:
Marcia P.
| Houston, Texas
Even a heretic has a higher power
Early AAs Take Stock
November 2003
With a questionnaire in the Grapevine, a New York group helped identify the warning signs of alcoholism and provided the groundwork for E.M. Jellinek's famous studies of its progression
Where's Waldo?
July 2003
By:
Ric G.
| San Juan Capistrano, California
Step Seven - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Opportunities for Service
May 2002
Over the years, AAs have found many different ways to do service. Here are a few things some of the old-timers suggest: