When Are We Ready?
March 1994
By:
Anonymous
| Cleveland, Ohio
Tradition Three - The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking.
Like Chooses Like
June 1978
By:
L. K.
| Belmont, Massachusetts
Rewards come from both giving help and receiving it
When Are We Ready?
August 1961
By:
Anon.
| Cleveland, Ohio
As someone has said, "Keep bringing the body around and the mind will finally catch on.
Rescued in the big easy
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Gale
| Alexandria, Virginia
An exhausted sober relief worker heads for an airport bar and the surprise of her life
A SOBER Car Thief
April 2008
By:
Robbie W.
| Cape May Court House, New Jersey
A pitch for a peaceful, contented life
Far From Innocent
March 2003
By:
Justin W.
| St. Petersburg, Florida
Their suffering and sickness are no different; neither is their recovery
Weekend at Dark Hammocks Ranch
October 2000
By:
Joyce K.
| Coral Springs, Florida
AA's Twelve Traditions: A Pattern of Practical Experience
Our Primary Purpose
November 1985
By:
Anonymous
A "group within a group" practices Tradition Five - From the November 1956 Grapevine
The African Queen
October 2013
By:
Kevin B.
| Annandale, Virginia
An old movie about a drunk gets his attention before and after his own river of booze
We Feel the Same Pain
January 1984
By:
M. H.
| Lockport, New York
No one is too young to be an alcoholic--or to get sober
The Writing on the Wall
Scared and in a detox for the first time, he got the exact message he needed
Free of Charge
An AA considers how service and self-support help to keep AA free for anyone who needs it
Across the Editor's Desk
May 1955
Joe Never Came Back
May 2012
By:
Roxanne R.
| Alley Center, California
Her boyfriend took off when she got pregnant, but AA never left her side
One Miracle After Another
January 2006
By:
Alberto B. Jimena de la Frontera
| Cadiz
Inspired to recovery by love for his child