Essential Worker
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Sean B.
| Connell, Wash.
After the COVID prison shutdown, he got to work in the factory, but still had no AA. Then one day a little cart came by
My homies
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Brenda M.
| Boise, Idaho
She keeps her home group close to her heart—especially when she’s far away
Staying Alive
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Chuck M.
| Freehold, N.J.
After 44 years of sobriety, he’s convinced this serenity business isn’t half bad
My Sponsor—Sweet Pickle
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
George A.
| Lake Oswego, Ore
Remembering the lessons taught by an extraordinary AA
Growing up
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Bob M.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
Another Fourth Step helps a dad let go of a long-time resentment toward his son
A New Set of Eyes
September 2018
By:
Richelle L.
| Export, Pa.
A meditation on seeing the world with the spiritual pair of glasses provided by AA
Father and Son
July 2018
By:
Peter C.
| Springfield, Mass.
Their sobriety date is six week apart. They’ve shared the same joy, pain and love as their lives opened up in sobriety
100 days to go
July 2017
By:
Michelle L.
| Portland, Oregon
The recovery she was getting inside with this group of AA-loving women was time well spent
The Visitor
July 2017
By:
Dan S.
| Soledad, California
After five years of sharing recovery through the mail, the day had come to meet face-to-face
Gone berserk
June 2017
By:
Harold T.
| New York, New York
Texting constantly, always checking up on her, multiple visits to her workplace—was this love?
Cake or no cake
April 2017
By:
Rosemary P.
| Waynesboro, Virginia
After moving to different towns, a member gets a big lesson in how other meetings like to clap, share, pass the basket and celebrate
A hundred miles of bad road
November 2016
His grandfather told him he was headed the wrong way. He sure wishes he’d listened
Let the Good Things Happen
July 2016
Thanks to a judge, this married couple has been sober and living their dreams for more than 50 wonderful years
From Cocktails to Chaos
March 2016
Drinking for her never did resemble the social hours she saw in her childhood home
The Floes of February
January 2016
In the chaos of grief and tragedy, he found himself with a bottle in his hand
