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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

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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

falling Apart on the Inside

April 2005
By: Cliff P. | Trenton, New Jersey

Getting Stupid

January 1996
By: Phil L. | Malden, Massachusetts

Generation Gap

September 1993
By: Karen L. | Chapel Hill, North Carolina
one member looks for ways to bridge it

You've Come a Long Way, Baby

February 1984
By: L. G. | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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

The Fifth Concept

March 1972
<emphasis type="italic">Bill W.'s</emphasis> Twelve Concept

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

The Christmas Fighters

December 1963
By: E. M. V. | Quogue, New York

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

I Was Made to Be Me

September 1958
By: Victoria Lincoln

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