Down by the river
February 2015
By:
Anonymous
The biggest lesson he learned on that boat was not the one he expected.
On the Mountaintop
December 2014
By:
Jerry F.
| Cerritos, California
Getting sober in AA relieved him of his alcoholism and the shackles he made for himself
The Girl from Georgia
November 2014
By:
Margie
Homeless and unemployed, she hit her bottom in a bus station and begged God for help
The Scoop: Reporter Gets Sober
November 2013
By:
D.F.
| Woodinville, Washington
Finally, he got the story of a lifetime
The End of a Sad Soap Opera
February 2012
By:
LaGene W.
| New York, New York
With her life in shambles and knowing nothing of AA, she remembered a sober character on a tv show and picked up the phone
Soldier Down
October 2011
By:
David A.
| Kaiserslautern, Germany
German beer taught this sergeant who had the real power
Love on the Rocks
August 2011
By:
Jay K.
| South Carolina
An AA relationship is put to the ultimate test when a wife's affair with his sponsee is revealed
Early AA in the Cariboo Mountains
August 2011
By:
Buster H.
| British Columbia
A big game hunter accepts that he is powerless over alcohol and becomes the first member of AA in a remote area of British Columbia
Stories My Father Told Me
June 2011
By:
David C.
| Costa Mesa, California
After a lifetime of drinking, a man looks back at the lessons his father tried to teach him about alcoholism
Alcohol, The Greatest Disability of All
June 2011
By:
Russ K.
| Nampa, Idaho
He realized that living life as an alcoholic was a lot worse than living with the disability of having only one arm
An Unencumbered Man
June 2011
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
AA had ruined his drinking; now it ruined his isolation
Pancake king
October 2010
By:
NORM H.
| Cary, N.C.
He guarded his griddle like it was made of gold . . . then his ego got the better of him
Sidelined by remorse
September 2010
By:
J.M.
| Kansas City, Mo.
After his brother's suicide, he blames himself and drops out of AA
The Measure of Success
September 2008
By:
Gretchen P.
| Toledo, Ohio
It's not what you accomplish, but what you overcome
Better Than I Deserve
June 2007
By:
Ben F.
| Costa Mesa, California
A boy becomes a man under the tutelage of AA
Don't Rush Love
February 2012
By:
Carla S.
| East Providence, Rhode Island
After a first sober relationship turned into disaster, she learned to listen to others
Protecting Us from Ourselves
September 2011
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
An ex-committee member learns how our structure is maintained to ensure Twelve-Step work is always available
A Mother and Her Son
July 2011
By:
Connie S.
| Colorado Springs, Colorado
After getting sober herself, she learnt that she was powerless over the alcoholism of others
The only one he's got
November 2010
By:
RICH B.
| Davenport, Iowa
A drunk realizes the most important thing he has is his story
End of the road
April 2010
By:
CHRIS M.
| Buffalo, N.Y.
When his wife threatens to walk out, he goes to his first AA meeting
A brilliant addiction
January 2010
By:
TRACI R.
| Fredericksburg, Va.
A writer goes from having it all to the hard floor of a jail cell
LOST IN TRANSLATION
July 2008
By:
Andy L.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
A once desperate student celebrates his rich new life
How About A Group Inventory?
October 2006
By:
Anonymous
| Scarsdale, New York
From the August 1956 Grapevine
So What
July 2006
By:
Steven H.
| Aurora, Colorado
Yeah, I drink too much. But what's wrong with me?
Problems Other than Alcohol: What Can Be Done About Them?
May 2004
From the AA Grapevine, February 1958, Bill W.'s classic essay looks back on the Fellowship's early experiences with addicts and special-interest group factions and outlines what they learned.
The Fugitives
May 2004
By:
Dennis W.
| Tucson, Arizona
They just kept running until they came to the end of their long, painful rope
If It Shouldn't Have Happened --It Didn't
February 2003
By:
Daniel A. D.
| New York, New York
He knew he was slowly dying, but losing his job was serious