Simply surrender
May 2017
By:
Gwyneth N.
| Saco, Maine
The spiritual connection she desperately sought for years appeared when she found AA
Joanie's God
August 2009
By:
JEANNE R.
| Monaca, Penn.
A newcomer borrows her sponsor's Higher Power
Life Is Hard Enough Already
October 1996
Ice Water in Hell
February 1973
By:
I. A. P.
| Rochester, New York
We're not necessarily going to get everything we want
The Cage
July 1971
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
From the year 1990 comes a horror story for our time
Happy Birthday to Me
January 1961
By:
H.W.
| Pleasantville, New York
An AA mother appraises the results of her six years of sobriety on her son--and finds it good
A Lifetime of Service
February 1999
<emphasis type="italic">An Interview with Elaine Johnson, Ph.D.</emphasis> Class A (nonalcoholic) Trustee on the AA General Service Board, US/Canada
Give the Girl a Chance!
February 1975
By:
Anonymous
| Charleston, West Virginia
That new female member is probably starved for love--not sex!
THE CHOICE IS LIFE
August 1953
AA Under the Moon and Stars
June 2003
Elaine McDowell, Chair of the General Service Board in the U.S. and Canada, Talks About the Growth of AA in Cameroon
A sponsor with less time?
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Jeff A-L.
| Enumclaw, Wash.
My choices in a sponsor with longer sobriety than I had were few. Then one day, our youngest child in AA happened to mention something about her sponsee
Alcoholism At Large
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
Finding the Path
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Emma M.
| Rhode Island
She was young, partied hard, went to jail—but never stopped seeking the right path to God and sobriety
The Diagnosis
July 2017
By:
Tim P.
| Troy, Mont.
For a decade after his diagnosis, his choice of medication was alcohol. Sobriety taught him a different way
Open-minded
December 2013
By:
B.C.
| New Market, Maryland
A member gets a morning reminder to appreciate our spiritual diversity
The Road to Nowhere
October 2011
By:
Jane S.
Early in sobriety, she realized that unless she worked the program, she would find herself on the road to relapse
Treatment, Toddlers, Traditions
January 2009
By:
Diana A.
| Cathedral City, California
An AA shares her experience, strength, and hope (and the Traditions) in a 'mommies meeting'