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Twelve Steps and the Older Member

December 1955
By: J. E. | Bloomington, Indiana
Step Nine: Made direct amends to such people whenever possible except when to do so would injure them or others

Keeping my place

August 2017
By: Michael C. | Mason, Michigan
Thanks to his Big Book, a father in Michigan built a history in sobriety—sometimes with crayons

Women in AA in the 1950s

August 2011
By: Betty H. (as told to Deborah H.) | Mesa, Arizona
Remembering what it was like to get sober as a woman in the early days of AA in the Twin Cities

A CHILD OF WOODSTOCK

March 2009
By: NANCY K. | Woodstock, New York
Raised on alcohol and excess, an artsy member discovers contentment in her later years

All I had to do was Surrender

February 2024 | Getting Through Tough Times
By: Lisa B. | San Antonio, Texas
After years of booze, breakups and drama, she finally decided something had to change

What Have You Got to Lose?

April 2023 | AA & Families
By: C.Y. | Athens, Ga.
Utterly beaten, he reluctantly prayed and fell asleep. In the morning something incredible happened

Not Quite Bulletproof

June 2022 | Stories by Longtimers!
By: Jim | Devonport, Tasmania
Sober since 1974, a member shares about getting older, staying sane and yes, never letting his guard down

Decision in the desert

March 2022 | Emotional Sobriety
By: Dee Anne P. | Oak Harbor, Wash.
Lonely, angry and exhausted, a newly sober flight operator has a rageful day in hell. Her mission: Step Three

Wonderfully humbling

April 2018
By: Dick C. | New City, New York
Sitting quietly in his green “cathedral,” he looks up at the birds and knows he's not in charge

The Long Weekend

June 2014
By: Layla L. | Forth Worth, Texas
After she got sober, she learned that her experiences were very common

My big fat sober wedding

June 2013
By: Melissa C. | Coconut Creek, Florida
Soggy flowers, black & blue bridesmaids, a blackout and an injured groom. Step Ten to the rescue!

Angel in the Glass

December 2011
By: Lisa R. | Denver, Colorado
A woman looks back at the ups and downs of 10,000 days of a sober life

Service Set Her Free

December 2011
By: Karen S. | Appleton, Wisconsin
Incomprehensible demoralization brought a jailed mom to AA, but learning to help others kept her here

Web Exclusive: Cleaning up after the Hurricane

September 2011
By: Nancy B.
A manual labor job in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina proves to be this woman's spiritual, sober foundation

Keep on Trucking

July 2011
By: Randy N. | California
On the border of Nevada and California, a trucker threw out his last stash of alcohol on his way to an AA meeting

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Can’t Stop

December 2016
By: Coleen F. | Jacksonville, Alabama
Her compulsion to drink made her hide vodka everywhere—in drawers, in old coats—even on the highway

Follow the Donuts

July 2016
After 20 years of liquor and prison, he was served a treat he couldn't refuse

Dear Grapevine

June 2016

A Zebra Among Horses

July 2014
By: Anonymous
The pack she ran with in rehab was great, but now it was time to switch herds

Dear Grapevine

February 2014

Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde

July 2013
By: Robert N. | Puerto Vallarta
A correctional officer who attended meetings for work, one day returns for himself

Laughing in the face of death

September 2009
By: BELLE M. | Ocean Springs, Miss.
A 70-year-old accepts her health problems as part of the plan

What We Were Like

December 1989
Fragments of AA History

We've Made a Decision--Don't Confuse Us With the Facts!

February 1985
By: D. L. | Alamogordo, New Mexico
If that sounds like your group, you may want to work toward a better-informed group conscience

Freeing the Spirit

February 1984
By: W. H. | Manhattan, New York
Step Eleven

A Million Miracles

January 1981
By: T. W. | Austin, Texas

Slips and Human Nature

October 1963
By: William Duncan Silkworth, M.D.

Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends. . .The Physicians

August 1957
By: Bill W.
Second in a Series

A Dreamy Idea. . .

June 1954
By: L. K. | White Plains, New York

May Humility Be the Keynote!

July 1950
FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

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