Rowing Up the River
June 2014
By:
Jim
| Tasmania
After he started feeling worse sober, he realized that he needed to do things differently
Confrontation
September 2013
By:
Anonymous
An old-timer learns a valuable lesson about the need to "discipline" her group
Back in the Groove
January 2013
A man at a mountain retreat helps a songwriter change his tune—just in time
Sign Language
December 2011
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
Public information begins at home for this alcoholic
The Year I Needed Santa
December 2011
By:
P.S.
| Phoenix, Arizona
An unexpected encounter in a neighbor's yard helps a woman get her gratitude game back
Web Exclusive: Finding God in AA
November 2011
By:
Stacy G.
| Evanston, Illinois
She came into AA as an atheist. Or so she thought.
ON THE SHORES OF THE AEGEAN
May 2009
By:
RODNEY N.
| Mountain Home, Idaho
A beacon of hope is lit in Turkey
A Twelfth Step Call In The Wild
May 2006
By:
Anonymous
| Ketchikan, Alaska
An unexpected opportunity to help a drunk
At Sea on an Island in the Baltic
July 2005
By:
Anonymous
An AA from Sweden struggles to make a new group home
A Long Way From Home
September 1994
By:
D.M.
| Moratuwa
This AA traveled to Sri Lanka on a spiritual journey and found the Fellowship there, too.
Will or Will Not
May 1983
By:
P. A.
| Excelsior, Minnesota
It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly.
Service Fanatic?
August 1981
By:
E. O.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
Young people's conferences helped him find new meaning in the program
To Improve Our Conscious Contact
January 1979
By:
N. P.
| Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Four words gave her a key to meditation and opened up a whole new understanding of the Eleventh Step
Are We Letting Others Do Our Work?
December 1978
By:
H. R.
| Miami, Florida
A question raised at the 1978 General Service Conference is a vital one for all of us
AA Meeting. . .in a Bar?
September 1976
By:
S. H.
| Thousand Oaks, California
Even the active drinkers enjoyed this special Mother's Day program
Happy Sobriety
September 1976
By:
L. H.
| Gatesville, Ohio
Does it come from frantic activity, or letting go of responsibilities?
Inner Story
August 1975
By:
P. M.
| Greenwich, Connecticut
The ravages of alcoholism cannot be measured in pints or quarts
A Plea of 'Not Guilty'
August 1974
By:
Tim S.
| Manhattan, New York
Arguing the case for a "no fault" verdict on past insanities
The Trouble with Mother
May 1971
By:
G. C.
| Boulder, Colorado
Sometimes you can't please her, no matter how hard you try
To Travel the Road Together
March 1970
By:
Mrs. D. B.
| Wheeling, Illinois
Al-Anon <emphasis type="italic">When one partner finds sobriety in AA a marriage can still suffer from lack of understanding. Following are two personal-experience stories in which Al-Anon was of great help. . .</emphasis>