Breaking Through the Denial
January 2014
By:
M.E.
| Rocky Hill, New Jersey
It took several false starts in AA before he understood powerless
Highland Sobriety
May 2005
By:
Jim B.
| Glasgow
Over the hills and far away, there is still the hand of AA
Dr. Bob
June 1974
By:
J. W. S.
| New Hampshire
A journey into the past in search of more intimate knowledge of our co-founder
Fellows of Winter
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By:
Paul M.
| Valatie, N.Y.
A “snowbird” couple get to enjoy their AA friends in St. Augustine, whether they fly down there or not
A to Zzzzz
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Donna B.
| Pulaski, Virginia
She found a dreamy way to get both gratitude and sleep and not have to count those shaggy sheep
Full of grace
October 2018
By:
D.G.
| San Diego, California
Through the wonder of showbiz, a sponsee learns about love, service and following her dreams
Dear Grapevine
July 2017
Dear Grapevine
May 2017
Chubby gods, skinny gods
February 2017
By:
Michelle B.
| Hazel Park, Michigan
A newcomer’s journey with Step Two was a mighty voyage, but one thing for sure, she was willing
Dear Grapevine
May 2016
Off the Merry-Go-Round
January 2014
By:
Jeanette S.
| Washington D.C., Washington D.C.
After a series of interventions she agreed to go to detox
Sober in Key West
October 2013
By:
John T.
| Key West, Florida
He went south to party hard, but his HP had a much better plan
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
August 1985
By:
Mark Worden
'The Family Afterward'--and Before
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
September 1977
By:
Jennifer Dunning
Danger for the Unborn
Shadow and Substance
February 1950
The Pleasures of Reading
March 1947
By:
R.E.B.
| Greenwich Village, New York City
<emphasis type="italic">Great Adventures & Explorations,</emphasis> edited by Vilhjalmur Stefansson (Dial Press, $5)
It’s never too late
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Sandra G.
| Highlands, N.J.
At 79, with four years sober, this mom is happier than ever. She got her life back
Maniacal thirst
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Anne O.
| Needham, Massachusetts
Drinking, slurring, falling down, blacking out—she was in a hall of mirrors with no way out
The Greatest Gift
September 2017
By:
Ethel D.
| Hudson, Fla.
The greatest possible gift is the return of something treasured that was lost. In her case, that meant God
Hanging with my Gang
September 2024
| Young and Sober
By:
Clyde M.
| Dallas, Texas
Boy was he glad when a posse of young people showed up at his meeting.
Together they learned how to have fun without drinking
Together they learned how to have fun without drinking
Keep Your Tools Sharp
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Debbie B.
| Wyckoff, N.J.
A relapse after 15 years made her realize that “cunning, baffling and powerful” are not just abstract words