Web Exclusive: Not Drowning Our Sorrows
December 2011
By:
Sandy L.
| San Mateo, California
A woman shares her experience of grieving the loss of loved ones in sobriety
The Big, Beautiful Birthday Present
October 2011
By:
D.C.
| Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
After a rough 25th year, pain gave way to gratitude
Target Practice
October 2011
By:
Anonymous
One member’s unique way to practice restraint of tongue and pen
Keep the Change
September 2011
By:
Malkiel-Robert
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
A transition from drunk to sober, unworthy to deserving, woman to man …
Web Exclusive: The Missing Bottle
September 2011
By:
Diane R.
| Highlands Ranch, Colorado
Her plans to continue drinking were stymied when she couldn't find her secret stash
God's Confetti
July 2011
By:
John M.
| Monroe, Connecticut
A sudden flutter of butterflies provides this AA with a glimpse of the presence of his higher power
Web Exclusive: An Amends in the Nick of Time
July 2011
By:
Philip S.
| Carlsbad, California
If he had waited only one more day, he would have lost the opportunity to make amends
Web Exclusive: Must We Hear from Her Again?
March 2011
By:
James J.
| San Diego, California
It took years for this member to see that an old-timer’s simple message was the way to go.
Turkey day
November 2010
By:
R.P.
| Yorktown, Va.
A first sober Thanksgiving is spent staying busy and using the AA tools
Drama Queen
November 2010
By:
MARY P.
| Madison, Wis.
Her struggle to live moment to moment continues
Not alone in Zanzibar
September 2010
By:
KATHRYN S.
| Zanzibar
With outreach, service and Fellowship, AA swells in Tanzania
South of the border
September 2010
By:
ANDERS P.
| Stockholm
A swedish businessman sobers up and gets active in the early days of AA in Mexico City
OUR SOBER NETWORK
May 2010
By:
TOM T.
| Harford, N.Y.
An AA carries the message through his service commitments
Rare and elusive
January 2010
By:
JOE H.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Until he takes the First Step, a collector misses the real value of the Big Book
The View from Here: - This Is the Last in a Series on the Traditions by Past Delegates to the Annual General Service Conference
December 1996
By:
Norm A.
| Vernon, Connecticut
Two AAs, "Washed and Ironed
Like a Hangnail in a Pickle Factory
April 1995
By:
Bill J.
| Temple, Texas
STEP FOUR: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
The Damage a Drink Can Do
October 1993
By:
Anonymous
| Omaha, Nebraska
there is a point of no return
The Words and the Music
July 1993
By:
Anonymous
| Los Angeles, California
Step Seven: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.