My Authentic Self
February 2020
| Tough Times
By:
K.J.
| Los Angeles, Calif.
Filled with rage and punk rock, her teen years were rough. But since coming to AA, she has reinvented her life
Carrying the Message in 'Fifty-five
July 1980
By:
Bill W.
From a talk at a New York AA meeting during the twenty-first year of AA's existence - Part 1 of a two-part article
3rd Step
March 1970
By:
Anonymous
| New Hampshire
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God <emphasis type="underline">as we understood Him.</emphasis>
Better Late Than Never?
January 2017
It isn’t your age that counts when you come into the program, it’s your willingness, as one older newcomer discovers
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
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
October 1976
By:
Coleman McCarthy
Alcohol Ads Under Fire
Synopsis
December 1973
By:
M. S.
| Londonderry, New Hampshire
An abbreviated story of a "normal" life
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
February 1969
Acceptance of Alcoholics
What Do You Think About Youth Group in Philadelphia?
November 1946
By:
B.D.Mc.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Solitary
June 2017
By:
Fred C.
| Ogden, Utah
All his drinking buddies had died or drifted away, and he was left sipping pint bottles in secret in his car. But then AA brought him a new and better way of life
A Thousand wishes
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
By:
Anonymous
A man fresh out of rehab surprisingly discovers that a childhood rhyme leads him to prayer
At Peace with the World
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
By:
Jason B.
| Denver, Colo.
Just when he needed to dive back in the program and help someone, he met an old boxer named Jake