One Year And Counting
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Fred M.
| Allen, Texas
A newcomer joyfully enumerates the way the program has changed his life
Even if the truth hurts
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Kevin M.
| Winchester, Virginia
At his daughter’s school one day, a sober dad learns a valuable lesson about telling lies
"Dr. Bob? One minute please"
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Rose Gracie S.
| Monroe, Michigan
Answering late night calls at St. Thomas Hospital, she was helping alcoholics way before she knew she was one
The Invisible Life Raft
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Tim M.
| Venice, Calif.
After more than twenty years sobriety, he continues to be grateful to the program that saved him
Back on track
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Andy L.
| Hoosick Falls, New York
After a sudden layoff, a guy with one year puts his wheels in motion, stays sober and keeps on going
The need to be right
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Anonymous
| Ann Arbor, Michigan
He tried all the tools he could think of to end a huge resentmemt toward his wife—except one
Relapse after 11 years
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Ahmed J.
| Coral Springs, Florida
From a Florida jail, a dad warns how pain meds and a weak program woke his sleeping lion
Home again
March 2018
By:
Ames S.
| New York, New York
Each year he takes flight, sometimes gracefully, and returns to the room where it all began
Any lengths?
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Russ K.
| Tampa, Florida
A sponsee in Florida shares valuable lessons he’s learned from his sponsor—including how to survive in a hurricane
Basic training
April 2017
By:
Glenn P.
| Florissant, Missouri
Five weeks of outpatient were the building blocks to AA and a sober life
13th-Stepping And The Damage Done
October 2016
When does a warm greeting go too far? One AA woman writes of how meetings need to be a safe haven, but can’t be when members engage in practices that many consider predatory.
Believe It or Not
March 2016
By:
I.K.,
| New York,, N.Y.
Tradition Three makes it clear. We don't have to conform to belong
Lost in the English Rain
May 2015
By:
Chad P.
| Grand Island, New York
Far from home and unable to find a meeting, he got a helping hand
Light and Joy
February 2015
By:
Jamie G.
| East Haven, Connecticut
Her life wasn't such a dark place anymore after she found AA
A New World
January 2015
By:
Don S.
| Burlington, Connecticut
He had no idea he was entering a life of softball, snorkling, dancing and joy
Death in the mirror
March 2011
By:
Beverly W.
| Boca Raton, Florida
Her fast track to the morgue is averted by a spiritual experience
Soldier of misfortune
December 2010
By:
JOHN S.
| Fresno, Calif.
Vietnam and caring for a handicapped child were nothing next to the wrath of John Barleycorn
Three Men AND a Wet Drunk
April 2008
By:
A.G.
| Tabernacle, New Jersey
An old-timer recalls her early days
Generation Gap
September 1993
By:
Karen L.
| Chapel Hill, North Carolina
one member looks for ways to bridge it
Beware the Sound of Blaring Trumpets
May 1978
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
The spiritual basis of anonymity gives sense and direction to its practice
Celebrities Are People, Too!
October 1974
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
When the help of AA is needed, let us try to remember that
Getting Along with Yourself and Others
May 1970
By:
M. D. B.
| Jackson, Michigan
You can make yourself miserable stewing over real or fancied wrongs--but there's a better way
I Took the Eighth
March 1964
By:
Dick W.
| Van Nuys, California
Too many fifths and a high-flying act led to a real-life courtroom scene
Buy the Band a Drink
June 1960
The hard-drinking music maker has no excuse for riding the alcoholic bandwagon, this working composer and musician believes
