No Mint On My Pillow
June 2014
By:
Michelle G.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Amid the steel and chaos, her Higher Power sat by her every day
Bright Spot in Tokyo
September 2013
By:
Rich H.
| Tokyo
AA buddies start a young peoples' convention in Asia and watch the fellowship erupt
Get in the car
April 2011
By:
Ed M.
| Gig Harbor, Washington
Little did he know, he was about to embark on the ride of his life
Armchair Anniversary
August 2005
By:
Carl O.
| Milford, Massachusetts
Not everyone likes the spotlight
Better Than a Pink Cloud
November 2015
The one she had in early sobriety floated away, but now she has so much more
The Big Stare Down
May 2014
By:
Juls M.
| Enumclaw, Washington
She couldn’t fool her furry BFF. When she got sloshed, it was the doghouse for her
Party Time
January 2013
By:
Shannon D.
| Anchorage, Alaska
How a sober teen got through graduations, dances, weddings and deaths
Keeping Our Focus
May 2012
By:
Jon C.
| Sacramento, California
Tradition Five reminds him that he's uniquely qualified to do one thing well
Seven Miles High
April 2012
By:
Tom F.
| Fort Bragg, California
Daily drinking on a dangerous road got him a DUI and an introduction to AA
Designated Driver
November 2011
By:
Nathalie H.
| Sacramento, California
The concert was all in good fun—until their car went off the cliff
God's Confetti
July 2011
By:
John M.
| Monroe, Connecticut
A sudden flutter of butterflies provides this AA with a glimpse of the presence of his higher power
A mother's nightmare
November 2010
By:
JENNIFER S.
| Huntley, Ill.
She never wanted a drink more than when doctors said her son might have a brain tumor
Third Time's a Charm
February 2009
By:
Lynn K.
| Minnetonka, Minnesota
After three marriages and decades of drinking, this AA finally surrenders
A Letter to My Son
February 2004
By:
Gerald H.
| Fullerton, California
Sometimes it's a process of "slowbriety," rather than sobriety
We Seek Through Meditation
November 1996
By:
C.C.
| North Hollywood, California
Reprinted from the March 1985 Grapevine
From the Gates of Insanity and Death
October 1996
Living in the "now," he is beginning to taste the rewards of application to the program of recovery