Lightening Rod for Controversy?
A lack of group conscience meetings in her homegroup led her to the Twelve Concepts
Brothers and Sisters
This family shows that although alcoholism often runs in families, we can also help each other get sober
What Do I Do Next to Stay Sober?
September 1968
By:
Bob N.
| Scarsdale, New York
Stay cheerful; stick with the winners; get busy; take the Twelve Steps
What Is an Alcoholic, Anyway?
July 1968
By:
Bob N.
| Scarsdale, New York
Does the word 'alcoholic' turn you off? Take time to read this before you shut your mind completely
Caught in Hateland
December 1966
By:
R. A. S.
| La Verne, California
An AA once trapped by resentments offers a guide to the way out
Falling Down the Up Hill
April 1966
By:
Anonymous
| Large City
High-bottom AA groups may not always do the trick. Here's a story of a couple who needed "bedrock
They Thought He Was Drunk
October 1965
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
Would I have gone to him? Honestly, I don't know. That's the horror of it.
Glossary of Golfing Terms
September 1965
By:
J. F. G. Jr.
| Shaker Heights, Ohio
Did drinking affect your golf? Or vice versa?
The Good Old Daze
September 1964
By:
W. S. R.
| East Norwalk, Connecticut
You can't deny it, Kildare, we might almost have got killed. . .
Dry But Not Sober
October 1963
By:
A. G.
| Chappaqua, New York
For seven years I went to meetings as a nonalcoholic and then one day the truth popped out
My Empathetic God
March 1962
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles
. . .and the Word was God" proved a stumbling block for this "scientifically oriented rationalist
Is AA accessible to all?
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Debra L.
| Mint Hill, North Carolina
Her journey into service revealed a need for more handrails, ramps, babysitters and Braille
Somewhere to be
November 2018
By:
Aundry B.
| San Francisco, California
His marriage just ended and last night he slept in his car. He was sure happy to see his sponsee
Putting me back together again
July 2018
By:
Jessica M.
| Brooklyn, New York
With sound AA advice and a good sponsor, a member with mental illness finds her way
Progress, Not Perfection
August 2017
By:
Barbara Ann M.
| Tallahassee, Fla.
After a divorce and a monumental life change, the only place she found “safety” was in a hidden bottle. But something else was hidden inside of her: sobriety
Home Is Where I Am
April 2016
After 20 years, a man returns to his original home group and gets a big surprise
Weekend in jail
January 2015
By:
Melissa W.
| Granbury, Texas
With lice shampoo and a stiff orange suit, she was now alone with HP and Step One
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 Dreaded Job of Making Coffee
May 2013
By:
Les L.
| Medicine Hat, Alberta
An old-timer remembers how washing cups taught him to laugh again
39 Reasons to Dance
September 2012
By:
Peggy B.
| New York, New York
She has never forgotten the Bill W. dinner that helps pay for the phones that saved her life
Soldier Down
October 2011
By:
David A.
| Kaiserslautern, Germany
German beer taught this sergeant who had the real power
As Promised
September 2011
By:
Trey B.
| Macon, Georgia
Sometimes the truest amends are made instinctively
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
The Undertow of Anger
August 2011
By:
Greg T.
| Oceanside, California
A young teenage surfer resists the pull of anger in order to stay sober