Spiritual Recycling
July 1997
By:
Jim N.
| West Springfield, Massachusetts
Step 7 - Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
The View from Here: - This Is the Last in a Series on the Traditions by Past Delegates to the Annual General Service Conference
December 1996
By:
Norm A.
| Vernon, Connecticut
Two AAs, "Washed and Ironed
The View from Here: Each Month a Group of Past Delegates to the General Service Conference Will Talk About the Traditions
January 1996
By:
Bob Mc.
| Raynham, Massachusetts
Unity in Service
Peace With the Past
September 1995
By:
Anonymous
| Sheboygan, Wisconsin
STEP 9: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
Showing Up
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
Nancy K.
| Galt, California
As a newcomer, she was full of rage. But someone took her to do corrections service and her life changed
Missionary Man
July 2025
| AA Celebrates 90 Wonderful Years!
By:
Ron M.
| Belpre, Ohio
A struggle to change his life became a wonderful journey to help alcoholics all over the world
Mom’s Holiday Gift
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Michelle B.
| Kelowna, British Columbia
At two years sober, she was tempted by some bubbly Christmas “cheer.” Luckily she thought the drink through
Dear Grapevine
September 2023
| Young & Sober
Return to El Salvador
May 2023
| Home Group
By:
Santos F.
| Corona, Calif.
Civil war didn’t end his life, but alcohol almost did. Now he gets to bring AA to help people back home
Coincidence—Or Something Else?
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Phil D.
| Monroeville, Pa.
Wednesdays, at 7pm, hold a very special significance for him
I Might Have A Drinking Problem
August 2018
By:
R.J. H.
After years of humiliation and painful physical injuries, he realized that drinking was not the way to heal his childhood trauma
The home inside us
March 2018
By:
Rick S.
| Lancaster, Pennsylvania
How two Ricks on very different paths found peace and friendship on the same road
Going Down
June 2016
By:
Steve B.
| Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
He was escorted to the elevators the day he was fired. Then booze escorted him to AA
The Final Four Days
June 2014
By:
Joe S.
| Winston Salem, North Carolina
With his wife out of town, he settled into a binge. He didn't know it was his last
I Better Get a Kiss Out of This
April 2014
By:
George K.
| Magnolia, Texas
Lucky for him, a romantic night out took a very strange turn
A Letter to My Mother
September 2011
By:
Nancy S.
| Dallas, Texas
Years after her mother's death, she was able to reconcile with her through a Ninth Step amends
Exit to utopia
November 2010
By:
KARINA S.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Could a reformed wanderer return to the road as a sober woman?
Saying Goodbye TO A SOBER DAD
September 2008
By:
Debbie C.
| Lerna, Illinois
A father & daughter finally connect