Time on Your Hands
July 1944
All Right, So I'm Hooked!
December 1968
By:
G. N. G.
| Queens, New York
It's an insidious disease and self-deception will get you nowhere. The best thing is to come right out and admit it. . .
A Necklace of Hope
October 1996
JUST FRIENDS
May 2010
By:
BERNIE S.
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
When boy meets girl on AA campus, sometimes it works
Back to where I belong
September 2009
By:
RAY L.
| Sarnia, Ontario
After 20 years of sobriety, a retiree starts to drink in secret
Lightning Bolts and Fury
July 1994
By:
Mark P.
| Bristol, Virginia
Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
The Pain Was Lifted
July 1989
By:
Lou H.
| Greensboro, North Carolina
Step Seven - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
Well, Relax! It's Very Common to Have Those "Drunk" Dreams -
May 1963
By:
W. R.
| South Norwalk, Connecticut
Have you ever seen a dream walking?<lbAnd talking and drinking?<lbIn short, have you been drunk in a dream lately?<lbYOU HAVE?<lb
It Keeps Getting Better
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Paul K.
| Burlington, Ontario
This husband and dad had lots of questions. Good thing his sponsor Dave had lots of suggestions
Keep moving
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Bob K.
| Concord, California
I’ve been sober for 27 years. I recently took early retirement and went on disability. I have difficulty getting to meetings because I have multiple sclerosis (MS). I am in a wheelchair.
Reaching Out A Hand
November 2016
Losing the use of your right hand is certainly something to drink over, right, even if you do have 14 years sober? That is, until you talk to someone a little worse off….
Silly Songs
February 2016
Sassy Pearls of Wisdom
October 2015
If minding one’s own business can work for the group, then it might work for her as well
Ways of Seeing
June 2015
By:
Mary D.
| Reno, Nevada
It turned out she only really had one problem in sobriety
All this and fly-fishing
February 2015
By:
Mike C.
| Scottsville, New York
His sponsor guided him through his most turbulent times and taught him to enjoy calm waters.
An Amends to Remember
April 2014
By:
Neil N.
It took him years to understand the amends she made to him
Three strikes, you’re in!
March 2014
By:
Jack B.
| Oakland, New Jersey
He thought his differences would not let him stay, but Tradition Three said no way
A Canine Step Nine
March 2013
By:
S.K.
| Alma, Arkansas
Some amends can be made with a milk bone and a little scratch behind the ears
Web Exclusive: Tomorrow Never Comes
November 2011
By:
Deb L.
| Sarasota, Florida
She made and broke the same daily resolution to stop drinking for years until she came into AA