Keeping AA First
October 1990
By:
D. T.
| Comer, Georgia
using Step 11 when making meeting becomes more difficult
Sometimes Miracles Happen
December 2025
| Sober Holidays & Remote Communities
By:
Anonymous
| Rocky River, Ohio
A central office volunteer tries to help a liver patient find the AA path with a lot of love and hope
A Plant From the Management
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By:
Arnie G.
| Valley Stream, N.Y.
They told him he couldn’t possibly be an alcoholic. He found out otherwise
A Love Affair with Alcohol
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Deanna S.
| Roswell, Georgia
Her marriage or Long Island iced teas? She had to make a decision. Luckily, she chose AA
Sober Sisters
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Susan and Lynda C.
| New York, New York
Daughters of an AA mom share their long, wonderful stories
Becoming Willing
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By:
Bruce W.
| Byron, Ga.
In AA meetings all over the world, he hears the language of the heart
I Miss Jail
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By:
Tyler J.
| Pikesville, Md.
During the Covid pandemic, the service that most kept him sober had to stop. He misses it
Everything Is Possible
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By:
Brittany G.
| King of Prussia, Pa.
Alcoholics Anonymous, she realizes, is a program of ‘we’
For Sale
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
David S.
| New York, N.Y.
One member shares his thoughts and experience about money, property, prestige and AA
Life's little lessons
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Susanne B.
| Georgetown, Texas
More and more each day, her pre-kindergarten students remind her of the wonder of sobriety
Just like my father
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Laura M.
| Melbourne, Florida
No matter how hard she tried, she became the very thing she said she never would
An Afternoon with Bill
July 2015
An old-timer remembers a surprise meeting he had with our co-founder in 1965
Decision on Route 10
December 2014
By:
Bill B.
| Wilmington, North Carolina
One Christmas Eve, a newcomer was very glad he turned left instead of right
Needed: 'Real People'
July 1983
By:
D. P.
| Aurora, Colorado
In this section, four AAs tell us how it works, inside and outside
Sharing the Experience at Wiesbaden
January 1974
By:
Raleigh B.
| Wiesbaden
Presenting three articles on drinking in the armed services and what is being done about it
For Beginners
May 1959
By:
Anon.
| Akron, Ohio
The following article, though not Intended by the author for publication under the "For Beginners" heading, was considered by the Editors as appropriate for that Department. As with other signed articles, it represents solely the author's personal opinion
Some General Approaches
April 1953
By:
F. H.
| New Orleans, Louisiana
The "cause and cure" of alcoholism can be left to the experts; AA's job is IMMEDIATE TREATMENT
Going Sane
January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
By:
Katy O.
| Satellite Beach, Florida
This fun-loving newcomer thought AA meant the good times were over. Boy, did she get a big surprise
Under The Influence
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By:
Emily B. St.
| George, Utah
Replacing the bottle with a loving Higher Power
Diehards
November 2018
By:
J.R.H.
| New York City, New York
With just a few weeks sober, a newspaperman learns that some Twelfth Step calls really pay off
A Grateful Heart
November 2018
By:
Anonymous
| Midlothian, Va.
Nearly 30 years later, a grateful alcoholic reflects on the experience of getting sober young
The Slippery Slope
June 2018
By:
Ron G.
| Camarillo, Calif.
He was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde drinker all his life—respectable, but with a hidden “inventory” of booze
Spirits
August 2017
By:
John M.
| Chesapeake, Va.
After watching his father die of the same disease that possessed him, a man found a spiritual path out of the “age old malady” of alcoholism
Hello Mr. Blue
August 2017
By:
Mark H.
| Lincoln, Michigan
After a personal loss, a member near Lake Huron made a four-legged friend who helped open his heart