I Might Have A Drinking Problem
August 2018
By:
R.J. H.
After years of humiliation and painful physical injuries, he realized that drinking was not the way to heal his childhood trauma
Wrong way
July 2016
After 10 years dry, she went back to drinking, and it took a disaster to wake her up
I Got My Wish
October 2015
Once she got sober, Alcoholics Anonymous gave this transgender woman something she always wanted
Dear Grapevine
January 2015
When I Was Sixteen, I Was Ready
January 1978
By:
J. I.
| Magnolia, Arkansas
<emphasis type="italic">A nine-page section by and about</emphasis> Young People in AA
My Healing Journey
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By:
Amy O.
| Pinehurst, N.C.
One alcoholic’s extraordinary path takes her from Detroit to Guam.
Running The Circus
April 2026
| Getting into General Service
By:
Briana O.
| Indianapolis, Indiana
Concept Seven tells her that AA is a living, breathing Fellowship kept alive by us—the people who once couldn’t keep a cactus alive
No Complaints
August 2024
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By:
Ken T.
| Roseburg, Oregon
Thanks to three beautiful oldtimers, he found a wonderful recipe to be happy, joyous and free
Falling into Sobriety
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By:
Sean W.
| Bandon, Co. Cork, Ireland
Falling off a barstool is literally a cliché of alcoholism—yet it brought him tumbling into sobriety
A date to remember
July 2018
By:
Derek R.
| Ottowa, Ontario
Dinner, movie and Twelfth Step call. Sounds like the perfect evening
Too Many Beds
June 2014
By:
LaVonne C.
| Houston, Texas
All this newcomer wanted was something to sleep on. Be careful what you pray for
Boston Girl
May 2014
By:
Doris C.
| Leesburg, Florida
She had her first drink celebrating a new ship in the harbor. It was also her first drunk
The Bonfire Meeting, Rain or Shine
May 2011
By:
Lori M.
| Anchorage, Alaska
A season of summer thunderstorms threatens to disrupt this meeting, but a few AAs keep it going
Risk AND FAITH
February 2008
By:
Stephen B.
| Corvallis, Oregon
An AA gets out of his head and into his heart
Alcohol Is Unique
October 1988
By:
The Alcoholism Report
Guidelines on Giving Alcohol to Humans in Research Stir Discord
Journey home
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Diane C.
| Guelph, Ontario
Though her father and brother didn’t make it, she and her sister knew exactly where to go
Breaking the Chains
September 1966
By:
T. P. Jr.
| Hankins, New York
Step Discussion: Step Four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
October 1985
By:
Serge Schmeman
Russians Still Trying
