Running from the program
September 2009
By:
BILL K.
| Dallas, Texas
A relapsing businessman faces a fellow AA in an out-of-town bar
The Right Combination
October 2002
By:
Leslie J. W.
| Scottsdale, Arizona
She made a deal with her Higher Power, and her sobriety finally clicked.
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
October 1979
By:
The Journal (Addiction Research Fou
Self-Help in Alaska
The Discipline Factor
January 1974
By:
Tom C.
| Montgomery, Alaska
We don't have to do a lot of things but if we don't. . .
Boyish charm
September 2018
By:
Zachary F.
| Santa Fe, New Mexico
At 21, his innocent face had only gotten him so far. But this night, standing in the cold, he saw hope
Lookin’ Good
December 2017
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By:
Carol S.
| Knoxville, Tennessee
She kept up a good front as she drank down the liquor and ran from her emotional past
Rear-Ended
September 2017
By:
Paul H.
| Raleigh, N.C.
He was rear-ended on this way to a meeting, but only because his Higher Power really, really had something to tell him
Shoes to Live For
September 2016
A woman in spike heels kept him sober that night. How did she know all his secrets?
Flung Open
May 2016
With the help of a good sponsor, she looked in every dark cranny and it changed her heart and soul
Back in My Heart
October 2015
She keeps her father's boyhood photo to remind her of how far her healing has come
Christmas in a bar
December 2013
By:
Mike H.
| El Cajon, California
The call to come home pierced his empty soul. It was from his 12-year-old son
You won’t find rainbows in the bottom of a glass
December 2013
By:
John B.
| Rochester, New York
While Sinatra’s lonely saloon song plays, an old-timer wonders how he picked up after 39 years
My Safari Guide
April 2013
By:
Ken B.
| Macon, North Carolina
Jimmy led him through the wilds of early sobriety, then taught him how to hunt for sponsors
Many New Beginnings
May 2012
By:
Patrick M.
| Sarasota, Florida
An AA discusses getting sober and getting remarried in sobriety
Falling Tree
May 2012
She came to believe in a power greater than herself while sitting in her neighbor's garden
One Year Later
June 2011
By:
Rod H.
| Parker, Colorado
A sober member celebrating a year looks back on a life with alcohol that began when he was 9 years old
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night
September 2009
By:
JIM B.
| Portland, Ore.
A long-timer shares about his introduction to AA in New York City
Whole Steps
October 2007
By:
Wayne D.
| Edgefield, South Carolina
An alcoholic finds serenity on the inside