Christmas in a bar
December 2013
By:
Mike H.
| El Cajon, California
The call to come home pierced his empty soul. It was from his 12-year-old son
You won’t find rainbows in the bottom of a glass
December 2013
By:
John B.
| Rochester, New York
While Sinatra’s lonely saloon song plays, an old-timer wonders how he picked up after 39 years
My Safari Guide
April 2013
By:
Ken B.
| Macon, North Carolina
Jimmy led him through the wilds of early sobriety, then taught him how to hunt for sponsors
Many New Beginnings
May 2012
By:
Patrick M.
| Sarasota, Florida
An AA discusses getting sober and getting remarried in sobriety
Falling Tree
May 2012
She came to believe in a power greater than herself while sitting in her neighbor's garden
One Year Later
June 2011
By:
Rod H.
| Parker, Colorado
A sober member celebrating a year looks back on a life with alcohol that began when he was 9 years old
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
September 2009
By:
JIM B.
| Portland, Ore.
A long-timer shares about his introduction to AA in New York City
Whole Steps
October 2007
By:
Wayne D.
| Edgefield, South Carolina
An alcoholic finds serenity on the inside
Short, But Not So Sweet
October 2006
By:
Marian B.
| Penticton, British Columbia
Years of torment weren't needed
A Curmudgeoness Looks Back
April 2003
By:
June L.
| El Granada, California
There was a time when Steps were suggestions designed to set you free --Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Despite the Pain
January 2003
By:
Stephen F.
| Rockland, Massachusetts
He never forgot that he was an alcoholic, even when the demons of his mind took hold
The Long Lonely Journey
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By:
Nancy H.
| Oracle, Ariz.
Getting sober in her eighth decade provided peace of mind and a new lease on life.
A Full Mason Jar
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By:
Steve R.
He went from a rich existence to scrounging for loose change to buy his morning alcohol. But miracles sometimes do happen….
Six-pack and Back
October 2011
By:
Daniel T.
| Davenport, Iowa
After 34 years in and out, a man finally finds his HP and gets sober
Web Exclusive: White Wine Did the Job
March 2011
By:
Caroline C.
From a childhood of fear to years of heavy drinking, she finally found AA in Paris
Good friends & epic dances
September 2021
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By:
Hannah M.
| Ashville, N.C.
Once in a lonely basement guzzling vodka, she’s now living a full, active life
Mail Call for A.A.s at Home and Abroad
August 1948
By:
V.W.
| Jacksonville, Alabama
With Tolerance, Too
Barley !!! Corn !!!
December 1945
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