Don't Compare
July 1976
By:
T. C.
| North Hollywood, California
He was seventy. . .but the teenaged AA member helped teach him. . .
On the Open Road
June 1965
By:
F. J. T.
| Crescent, Missouri
She can travel again without fear after house-bound years of alcoholism
I Couldn't Put My Finger on It
October 1950
By:
T.C.
| San Diego, California
The self I have to live with. . . .
The River's Flow
July 2015
After diving back into the program, a member with 27 years returns to a familiar wooded spot and learns a beautiful lesson
Under the Banyan Tree
August 2013
By:
Anonymous
His journey to forgive his mother ended one sunny day as he sipped on pineapple juice
Hello. This Is AA. . .
December 1969
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
All the world's a stage, and the telephone in any AA Intergroup or Central Office is a lifeline to human drama
A Teen-age Heller
April 1961
By:
Anon.
| Yonkers, New York
For most alcoholics, the disease develops slowly and grows insidiously. Here, it was a quick bonfire, searing a young life in a few months