The Perfect weekend
October 2010
By:
MEL B.
| Toledo, Ohio
After 60 years in AA, an old-timer reflects back to the first convention
Laughing in the face of death
September 2009
By:
BELLE M.
| Ocean Springs, Miss.
A 70-year-old accepts her health problems as part of the plan
God drove me there
July 2009
By:
Mathew B.
| Wyoming
Craving booze, he heads for the liquor store and ends up at an AA meeting instead
Six-Pack Lucky
May 2009
By:
LUCKY R.
| Parksville, British Columbia
After several relapses, a former sailor gets honest and asks for help
HARDSHIPS ON THE INSIDE
February 2008
By:
John W.
| Jarratt, Virginia
After a one-day slip on the outside
Finding Walter
December 2006
By:
Walter S.
| Sacramento, California
A violent drunk wonders if he's too damaged for help
A Piece Of Cake
April 2006
By:
Liz O.
| Oakland, California
To slip, or not to slip--that was the question
Almost Finished At Fifteen
January 2006
By:
John B.
| Everett, Washington
To this teenager, the graveyard made the most sense
Are We Doing Enough?
December 2005
By:
Gary K.
| Parker, Colorado
An AA looks at the changing face of Twelfth-Step work
An Atheist Sticks Out His Neck
July 2005
By:
Kurt S.
| Port Angeles, Washington
An AA discovers you can't go forward if you stay in your shell
The Telemarketer's Tale
February 2004
By:
Al K.
| California
His Higher Power was working overtime the day he made the call
In the Grip Of Rage
September 2003
By:
Marc S.
| Mesa, Arizona
He became his father and lived to know his pain firsthand
A Judge's Thoughts On Sanity
February 2003
By:
Linda L. Chezem, J.D.
Step Two - Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity
AAs Should Be Honest About Sex Problems
May 1961
By:
Jackson
| Michigan
One member's plea for more widespread discussion and understanding of a seldom-mentioned subject in the recovery program
Keeping It Simple
May 1960
Sobriety 1-2-3
April 1960
One of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.
From the Vintage Years
February 1958
By:
Florence Powdermaker, M.D.
THE ROLE OF A PSYCHIATRIST IN AA <lbThirteen Years Ago in the Grapevine
Miracle in Detroit
July 1957
By:
Dan
| Detroit, Michigan
Another way of reaching "the millions who don't yet know
The Night Visitors
August 1955
A fragment of a scene-behind-the-scenes at St. Louis, by an accidental, anonymous witness