My Parachute
November 2025
| Early days of AA
By:
Anonymous
How the Living Sober book helped this day counter make a safe, sober landing
My Parachute
October 2013
By:
Anonymous
How the Living Sober book helped this day counter make a safe, sober landing
Off and Running
October 1998
By:
Anonymous
| Terrace, British Columbia
He took his first drink at the age of twenty-six--and went downhill fast
A Time For Acceptance
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
V.T.
| San Diego, Calif.
The mother of an essential worker shares how AA helps her stay sane and grateful during a pandemic
A big splash
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Kathy R.
| N.C.
I grabbed my tube and plunged into the water. I recall laughing throughout the day—a lot. There were jokes, teasing, hamburgers, hot dogs and soda. AA had taught me how to live.
An Unencumbered Man
June 2011
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
AA had ruined his drinking; now it ruined his isolation
Operation Acceptance: Moving from Rage to Letting Go
April 2005
By:
Anonymous
| O'Fallon, Illinois
Living Large
March 2006
By:
Kevin P.
| Schaumburg, Illinois
The longer he's sober, the better it gets
My Son’s Shrink
February 2016
He thought he was called in to discuss someone else's problem. Boy, was he wrong
Operation: Cooperation
October 2024
| CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
By:
Matt K.
| West Hartford, Connecticut
Helping to show doctors and lawyers what AA can do gave his sobriety a boost he won’t forget
We're Not Perfect Yet, Bill Cautions at Banquet
December 1945
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
July 1983
By:
The Alcoholism Report
Long-Range Forecast: Cloudy
A Common Desire
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Anonymous
| Essex
Young, old, gay, straight, trans, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, atheist, angry, happy, sad... if we don’t want to drink, we’re welcome
Faith or a Donut Hole
April 2018
By:
Anonymous
One alcoholic contemplates the miracle of sobriety and the mystery of belief in a Higher Power
A Reciprocal Dynamic
April 2015
By:
Anonymous
| Los Angeles, California
When we practice Tradition Four while remembering Step Three, everybody wins
Whose Turf Are We On?
March 1986
By:
Anonymous
| Denver, Colorado
The following six articles highlight a much-discussed subject, with the hope that "the time for coming to rest on this issue is finally at hand.
Out of the Mouths of Babes-
April 1951
By:
Anonymous
| Los Angeles, California
my son had our answer" <lbHow to be helpful to the family alcoholic
Al-Anon's Role in the Alcoholic's Home
June 1960
By:
Ruth Fox, M. D.
The drunk usually wreaks havoc on those closest to him--or her. Here is how suffering non-alcoholic members of the family are being helped.
The problem and the actress
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Anonymous
| Hollywood, California
In 1960, a Hollywood star tells of her fear of being found out and what it took to get help in AA—courage
Unacceptable
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Allen B.
| Hermosa Beach, Calif.
I stood there in line growing more and more impatient. After all, I had important things to do. I didn’t have the time to stand in line waiting for their social hour to end.
Another Gripe: Color Bar?
February 1965
By:
J. D.
| Trenton, Michigan
The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking.