Pipeline to Sobriety
October 1995
By:
Dennis O'N.
| Bothell, Washington
STEP 10: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it
An Indescribable Benevolence
August 1992
By:
Margaret G.
| Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Step Two can reveal our true colors
Little Rock Plan Gives Prospects Close Attention
November 1989
By:
G. H. B.
| Little Rock, Arkansas
One of a 1947 series on group methods and techniques - From the September 1947 Grapevine
The Importance of Powerlessness
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By:
Coleen F.
| Micanopy, Fla.
Hearing “How It Works” refreshes her sobriety anew each meeting she attends
Cold Land Warm Hearts
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
By:
Keith J.
| Surrey, British Columbia
How would they find alcoholics to help in a small, remote Arctic town? One guy had a terrific solution
Becoming Willing
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By:
Bruce W.
| Byron, Ga.
In AA meetings all over the world, he hears the language of the heart
Close Call at the Wedding
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Clyde M.
| Dallas, Texas
With booze everywhere and no phone in sight, a freaked-out newcomer gets the surprise of his life
Be Sure To Pack AA
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By:
Kurt S.
On one vacation trip, his suitcase didn’t contain quite enough AA
One Breeze at a time
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Peter F.
| Philadelphia, Pa.
Quarantined in a plywood prison “fishbowl,” he made the decision to spread his wings and be free
Forgive Quickly Laugh Easily
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
By:
Caroline M.
| Novato, Calif.
A mom shares how she found purpose in a place where her heart feels at home
I got my life back
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Becca A.
| Gatineau, Quebec
It's not easy swimming through a drinking world when you're newly sober, but keep going. It gets so much better
A Disease That Settles
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By:
Tina C.
| Athens, Ala.
How does General Service keep us sober? She counts the ways
Lost in Jackson Heights
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Shimmy Y.
| Brooklyn, N.Y.
A smart New York City kid discovers alcohol and loses all the things he loves most
My friend in the outback
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Terrie S.
| Alexandria, Va.
The new virtual meeting she found wouldn’t interfere with the COVID “date nights” with her husband, would it? Guess again
Keys, Title & a Hug
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
John M.
| Burlington, Vt.
After hitting a sober bottom, a newcomer gets busy doing the Steps with his sponsor and things start looking up
The Kinship of Common Suffering
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By:
Michael O.
| New York, N.Y.
A moving and thoughtful meditation on one man’s Higher Power
A Room Full of Broken People
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By:
Roseanne D.
| Merced, Calif.
AA was a place where her shattered life could be pieced back together
Somebody Might See Me
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By:
Bob K.
| San Diego, Calif.
A newcomer’s story reminds this old-timer of his fear that someone might “catch” him at an AA meeting