A Day in the Park
December 2012
By:
Carol S.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
After years of alcoholic hell, watching birds fly and flowers bloom doesn't seem so bad
Cold Morning, Warm Meeting
November 2012
By:
Tom S.
| Ripon, California
As Thanksgiving nears, a group of men who have each others’ backs share their sadness and joy
Drinking Buddies
February 2012
By:
Dan K.
| Silver City, New Mexico
Together they pounded 'em back, until one day, one said no
An Atheist Asks
August 2011
By:
Anonymous
Is our primary purpose to stay sober—or to find faith in a Higher Power?
Web Exclusive: The Chip on My Shoulder
August 2011
By:
Jason K.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
Anger at AA turns to gratitude and turns his sobriety around
At the Crossroads of My Alcoholism
July 2011
By:
Gary C.
| Woodstown, New Jersey
He had reached that place where he couldn't imagine life with alcohol, nor life without it
Meeting in God's Place
May 2011
By:
Don M.
| Cheyenne/Laramie, Wyoming
A group in Laramie, Wyoming move their meeting to the home of an ailing member
To the Rescue
March 2011
By:
Amy M.
| Aurora, Colorado
Working the Steps again helped her see that she had made another member her Higher Power
Web Exclusive: What It’s Like Now
March 2011
By:
Ginger
| Evansdale, Iowa
An old-timer tells why it’s important to share what she’s going through today.
A VISION FOR US
July 2010
By:
REVEREND WARD B. EWING
A longtime friend of AA shares his thoughts on the Fellowship's future
RESTORED TO INSANITY
May 2010
By:
SKIP J.
| Shawnee, Kan.
Sober but away from AA for years, he found that his alcoholic thinking was back
Amends on the 50-yard line
November 2009
By:
TOM S.
| Kansas City, Mo.
A humiliating public episode on a football field and its aftermath are a father's wake-up call
A Close Shave
July 2008
By:
Jeff G.
| St. Louis, Missouri
When the going gets tough, a sponsor gets going
Baker's Dozen
July 1961
By:
Anonymous
| Cleveland, Ohio
Sobriety, like baking, requires following a Master Recipe
Christmas Theme for English 12
December 1960
Taking Inventory
September 1958
The second of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.
Alcoholism Is a Disease
August 1958
By:
E. S.
| Hartsdale, New York
The first of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.
To The Grapevine:
October 1957
By:
Thomas T. Jones, M.D.
| Durham, North Carolina
A Physician Looks at Alcoholism
MOST EXPERIENCES ARE GRADUAL
March 1954
By:
HARRY M. TIEBOUT, M. D.
(In the Treatment of the Alcoholic) - <i>Part I</i>