Advanced Sobriety 101
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Jeff L.
| Redondo Beach, Calif.
His pain was like a compass, pointing due north to the healing work that needed to be done
Dream trip - canceled
June 2018
By:
Pamela K.
| Brooklyn, New York
When a freak car accident ends their camping trip, it’s AA hospitality that saves the day
Anniversaries
February 2018
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By:
Alan S.
| Rio Rancho, N.M.
Celebrating his anniversary may make him uncomfortable, but his entire life is a celebration of the beauty of sobriety found through the AA Fellowship
The Retreat
December 2017
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By:
Anonymous
AA helped him with his drinking, but after he took his older sister to a retreat for cancer patients, he found that the program helped him with a great deal more
Just listening
May 2017
By:
Kathryn W.
| Chancellor, Alabama
Though nervous to sit down with a woman she did not know, she had time, experience and with God’s help, an open ear
Out of the gutter
June 2016
With the Steps at their back, they take their aim.These sober bowlers are striking it big and sparing nothing but joy
Carving Out Faith
October 2015
She finally found a connection with her Higher Power that couldn’t be smashed
Welcome back, sucker
April 2015
By:
Larry K.
| Manhasset, New York
After 11 years, he stopped going to meetings and an old friend returned
Found in the Heart
November 2014
By:
Angela M.
| Knoxville, Tennessee
As long as she considered alcohol her best friend it was hard to truly want to stop drinking
Teacher Gets Schooled
October 2014
By:
Bill P.
| Waukesha,, Wisconsin
The story Billy was about to share with the class would stay with his teacher for years
20 Golden Years
September 2014
By:
Pete J.
| Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Some men get a gold watch when they retire. He got a whole new life
Am I Responsible?
June 2014
By:
Ed M.
| St. Louis, Missouri
Did you know that the Responsibility Declaration was written by an editor of Grapevine? A member gives a brief history
Here in My Funk
September 2013
By:
Renee J.
| Stockton, California
Some days are down, but we have the tools to get back up
If It Ain't Nailed Down
March 2013
By:
Karen P.
| Franklin, New Hampshire
She cleaned out the treatment center, now it was time to clean up her past
Jackpot
May 2006
By:
Michael G.
| North York, Ontario
There was one thing this drunk could count on; every time he drank, he got drunk
Ugly Men and Drink!
January 1999
By:
Heather
| Teddington
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AA and the Religion Turnoff
September 1977
By:
J. W.
| Manhattan, New York
Does our image of religiosity scare off too many suffering alcoholics?
Humility
February 1977
By:
I. P.
| Rochester, New York
It took the pain of humiliation, and a caring sponsor, to help her attain the peaceful joy of
A Gift Unexpected
December 1976
By:
T. H.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
When the miracle happened, that cold December 24 became a day in summer
AA TALKS. . .How Do You Make Them?
March 1967
By:
R. T.
| Manhattan, New York
It seems remarkable to me that. . .nothing much has been written on this all-important subject of how one goes about making an A A talk.
Leadership vs. Dictatorship
March 1961
By:
J. P. L.
| North Haledon, New Jersey
We are all anarchists at hear. Resentment can carry over into the Fellowship itself
The Main Taproot of Our Society
January 1993
By:
Lou H.
| Greensboro, North Carolina
Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable.