Deadly Hobby for a Retiree
January 1975
By:
Teet" C.
| North Hollywood, California
Free at last from people-pleasing, this veteran movie publicist was all set to please himself
Addendum Ad Infinitum
January 2003
By:
R. J.
| New York, New York
The chants keep getting longer and longer, and there doesn't seem to be any end in sight
The Long Lonely Journey
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By:
Nancy H.
| Oracle, Ariz.
Getting sober in her eighth decade provided peace of mind and a new lease on life.
A Full Mason Jar
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By:
Steve R.
He went from a rich existence to scrounging for loose change to buy his morning alcohol. But miracles sometimes do happen….
Six-pack and Back
October 2011
By:
Daniel T.
| Davenport, Iowa
After 34 years in and out, a man finally finds his HP and gets sober
Web Exclusive: White Wine Did the Job
March 2011
By:
Caroline C.
From a childhood of fear to years of heavy drinking, she finally found AA in Paris
Good friends & epic dances
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
By:
Hannah M.
| Ashville, N.C.
Once in a lonely basement guzzling vodka, she’s now living a full, active life
AA Superstar
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By:
Definitely Steve
| Nashville, Tenn.
With two months in AA, he was on a mission to save the world. It didn’t quite turn out that way
Willing to Serve
April 2020
| Home Group
By:
J.R.M.
| Prattville, Ala.
After five DUIs, he was given a choice. Lose his top secret clearance and end his Navy career—or report to AA
I Came To Believe That…
November 2017
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By:
Peter
| Finland
Newly sober and filled with fear, he listened when an older AA asked him: “Have you ever prayed?”
The Bug
May 2017
His father warned him that alcoholism was part of his make-up, but it took him two different careers to discover he had "the bug"
Eyes on the Horizon
November 2014
By:
Larry A.
| Andrews, North Carolina
Confronted with loss and mourning, he went back to AA after a long time away
Absent
August 2014
By:
Jorge L.
| El Monte, California
Everywhere he went, his drinking got him into trouble, until he found AA
Caught in the Act
June 2014
By:
Bernice H.
| Penticton, British Columbia
Drunk on a bridge one night, she decided to end her life, but instead got an offer she couldn’t refuse
My Pen, Excalibur
June 2014
By:
Carol P.
| Clinton, Massachusetts
When she was ready and willing, her Fourth Step inventory proved much easier to do
To Catch a Break
March 2012
By:
Jimmy E.
| Dallas, Texas
A chance run-in while shopping changes a Texan's life
My Place of Hope
December 2009
By:
BRENDA M.
| Boise, Idaho
Near a favorite childhood refuge, a woman surrenders her will
SOMETIMES I CRAWLED
November 2009
By:
LESLIE M.
| Pickerington, Ohio
A difficult life in early sobriety has a newcomer doubting her recovery