Memoirs of a Successful Failure
May 1985
By:
J. C.
| Trenton, New Jersey
Two AAs illuminate the relationship between success and spiritual growth
I Never Noticed the Rainbows
August 1983
By:
S. S.
| Kailua, Hawaii
A tough job decision showed her that changes bring opportunities
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
Keeper of Secrets
March 2014
By:
Terry R.
| Melbourne, Florida
A fear of being honest was a stumbling block to getting sober
Unwrapped
December 2013
By:
Sam Marie E.
| Atlanta, Georgia
This year, her gifts did not come in a box
Different, But Not Different
September 2013
By:
Nealy R.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A woman with Down syndrome finds that when it comes to alcoholism, she’s just like everyone else
Broken Record
August 2013
By:
April P.
| Monongahela, Pennsylvania
Her life kept skipping as she played the same song over and over and over
Getting to Know Myself
March 2013
By:
Rick A.
| Ferndale, Michigan
Going to extremes to “prove” he was not gay fueled his need for booze
The Perfect Table
January 2013
By:
Laura J.
| Mammoth Lakes, California
On a crazy mission to update her kitchen, a newcomer hits the road to Reno
Hot house
December 2012
By:
Frankie B.,
| Spring Hill, Florida
An old-timer challenges the way his local meeting place is run
Ed, We Think You Have a Problem
September 2012
By:
Ed P.
| Gloucester, Massachusetts
His wife was on his back, and now his boss? Time to take drastic action
Plane Talk
May 2012
By:
Bill P.
| Eagle, Wisconsin
Reaching out to a stranger in the air lifted him up higher
Embroidering Resentments
April 2012
By:
Bob B.
| Beaumont, Texas
Years of AA and Step work showed him that he could cut the thread on his anger
Crash Landing
March 2012
By:
Kevin R.
| Charleston, South Carolina
Drinking around the clock convinced him he was at Step One
Interrupt the Rehearsal
January 2012
By:
David
| Cape Coral, Florida
A member realizes that constant ruminations may bring him closer to a drink
River's Edge
January 2012
By:
Mary L.
| Auburndale, Florida
A desperate day on the Potomac was this drunken mom's moment of truth
Dear Grapevine
November 2011
Finding Sober
October 2011
By:
Troy
| Elko, Nevada
The responsibility of caring for a new-found pet helped this newcomer stay sober in the early days