Collective Conscience
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Bob P.
| Tucson, Ariz.
We cooperate to help the alcoholic. Our Twelve Concepts show us the way
It Gets Worse
Web Exclusives
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By:
Jason G.
| Lutitz, PA
It was hard to imagine his bottom getting any lower—but then there was the case of the Palmetto bug in his glass of sweet vermouth
A Day of Love, Service and Turkey
November 2018
By:
Kevin D.
| Brockton, Mass.
A group anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving early—and to give thanks to AA through service
Thanks for the call
August 2018
By:
Kristina F.
| Tesuque, New Mexico
All alone and far from home, she really needed a meeting. Luckily, AA has special workers
Diamond in the Rough
November 2017
| Issue Title Here
By:
Tim B.
| Citrus Heights, California
Early sobriety can be a bumpy ride, but some days it’s like a smooth ride in a shiny new car
Lending An Ear
December 2016
The reason he’s got 30 years of sobriety is became he listens as if his life depends on it. And it does
The Quantum Physics of AA
January 2016
Amongst the subatomic particles of life, he found a higher power
To the Fog and the Redwoods
May 2015
At the end of his drinking, he went home, thinking it was to die
Shangri-La
November 2014
By:
Jim H.
| Zephyrhills, Florida
It was the AA guys in prison who taught him about a new freedom and a new happiness
Voted Least Likely?
October 2014
By:
Maureen G.
| Wyckoff, New Jersey
Although she didn't fit the stereotype of an alcoholic, she became one anyway
A Thinking Problem
September 2014
By:
Dave M.
| Oshawa, Ontario
AA helped him with more than his drinking and he learned how to be happy
Dive In, the Water's Fine
April 2014
By:
Danny S.
| Georgia
A member takes the leap and shares his love of the Step that changed his life
Go Shake His Hand
October 2013
By:
Jim W.
| Hamilton, Ontario
As soon as he got on his feet, Jack taught him how to reach out
The Ebb and Flow of Faith
October 2013
A member discusses a commonly heard AA expression about faith and fear
Let’s Get to Work
May 2013
By:
Bill H. and Alec H.
| Pueblo, Colorado
Remembering its primary purpose, one group rolls up its sleeves
Which End of the Telescope?
January 1986
By:
D. W.
| Vallejo, California
We look at ourselves in different ways
Echoes Around the World
March 1982
By:
S. R.
| Daytona Beach, Florida
Every hour of the day someone, somewhere, is reading our Preamble
To Improve Our Conscious Contact
January 1979
By:
N. P.
| Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Four words gave her a key to meditation and opened up a whole new understanding of the Eleventh Step
Where Have All the Tappers Gone?
December 1977
By:
J. R. C.
| Manhattan, New York
It's funny how AA cures other people's neuroses
We Care
September 1977
By:
C. C.
| North Hollywood, California
A chance encounter brings home the true message of AA. . .
From Chaos to Tranquillity
October 1976
By:
R. H. D.
| Waterloo, Ontario
Each night for 7,900 nights he has thanked his Higher Power for the blessings of sobriety
Me? the Best Pal I Ever Had?
January 1974
By:
L. E. L.
| Sonoma, California
She was scared of that Fourth Step inventory--it might mean making some changes
Only a Glass of Champagne
September 1973
By:
W. K.
| Albany, New York
And anyway, no one would ever know