A Kid like me
March 2009
By:
PINKY G.
| Skaneateles, New York
A troubled teen and a 40-something sponsor have more in common than they think
SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL
January 2008
By:
Felix C.
| Rockaway, New York
A member learns different survival skills behind the walls
Obsession Progression
June 2007
By:
Melody R.
| Bandon, Oregon
An AA learns that there is more to sobriety than a dry spell
The Red Shutters
July 2005
By:
Marsha C.
| Edmond, Oklahoma
A woman struggles between her will and God's
Twenty-one and In Trouble Again
July 2003
By:
Howard W.
| Wrightsville, Arkansas
It took a twenty-two-year-old to turn him around
Now You See Them, Now You Don't
September 1999
By:
Kit K.
| Boise, Idaho
AA meetings that don't meet
No Longer Alone
March 1995
By:
Juliana
| Flushing, New York
There is the manic-depressive type, who is, perhaps, the least understood by his friends, and about whom a whole chapter could be written."--Alcoholics Anonymous
The Real Miracle
November 2016
For this recovering alcoholic Down Under, AA spells gratitude—to her home group, her Higher Power, her sponsor, and to all the people who have made the miracle of sobriety happen for her.
Heart and Hip
June 2016
One Man's Trash
October 2015
Message Received
June 2015
By:
Anonymous
It used to take many times to hear the truth, and now it usually takes once
A Long Way to the Green Berets
August 2014
By:
Clark W.
| Leadville, Colorado
He was drunk and living in his truck. Then he sobered up and served his country
Pop that Top!
May 2014
By:
Becky G.,
| Greater Levittown, Pennsylvania
With her sponsor’s help, she opened her past and let it all spew out
Painting the City
January 2014
By:
Jason K.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
As a newcomer, he had AA and a backpack of spray paint. Now he’s a GSR and his life is full color
A Thousand Angels
January 2014
By:
Kathleen D.
| Shirley, New York
Her journey to learn about Tradition One opened her heart to hope
All the Love in the World
January 2014
By:
Lana B.
Nothing could fill the emptiness until she sought help to stop drinking
Surrender, Not Submission
November 2013
After a relapse, she changed the way she practiced the program
Crosstalk
November 2013
By:
Anonymous
When is it OK to refer to someone else’s share? One member has some thoughts
Off the Wall
October 2013
By:
T.W.
| Fairfield, California
One guy thinks there's a better way to remember our favorite members
Unacceptable
September 2013
By:
Anonymous
What to do when someone preys on a newcomer? Home group to the rescue
Father of the Bride
July 2013
By:
Anonymous
Once too drunk to walk down the aisle, a newly sober dad finds there's something amazing to cry about
The happiest boy in the world
June 2013
By:
J.S.
| Grand Marais, Michigan
It wasn't the baseball glove that gave him joy, it was his dad's first anniversary