Be Free--Pay Your Own Way
January 1977
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
He found that Tradition Seven applied not only to his group but to himself
A Tiger Is Tamed
February 1970
By:
D. R.
| Rock Springs, Wyoming
It was a long trail for this hard-driving pilot-roustabout
Christmas Illumination
December 1964
By:
J. K. B.
| Studio City
There was no tree to trim. Was the bottle the answer or could AA suggest another approach?
The Pleasures of Reading
February 1946
By:
R.F.S.
| Montclair, New Jersey
<emphasis type="italic">The Perennial Philosophy</emphasis> <lbby Aldous Huxley (Harper & Brothers, $3)
Quote October 28, 2015
“I have no idea how I made it this long, or what has kept me sober. But if I were to guess, I’d say that it has something to do with the slogan, ‘Keep coming back -- no matter what.’”
Salt Lake City, UT, November 2000 “Keep Coming Back -- No Matter What” In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
Quote October 28 2012
"I have no idea how I made it this long, or what has kept me sober. But if I were to guess, I'd say that it has something to do with the slogan, 'Keep coming back -- no matter what.'"
Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2000From: "Keep Coming Back -- No Matter What" In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
Something Was Wrong
September 2014
By:
Laura F.
| Plantation, Florida
She had always sensed that things weren't right; but she didn't know it was alcoholism
Web Exclusive: Free On the Inside
March 2011
By:
Bruce M.
| Garden City, Georgia
Prison AA offers him another chance to be "a real man."
BIKES AND BAGPIPES
July 2010
By:
KELLY W.
| Maumee, Ohio
A rider in the annual Founders' Day motorcade finds new spirituality in Akron
Speaking for myself
November 2009
By:
JIM F.
| Devonport, Australia
He wasn't a low-bottom alcoholic, but he was an alcoholic all the same
A God Of My Understanding
March 2006
By:
Aruna A.
| Toronto, Ontario
A Hindu reconciles her religion and AA
The DMV, Every Day at Noon
June 2001
By:
Steve D.
| Santa Cruz, California
The HOme Group<lbHeartbeat of AA
Recovery Begins at the End of the Road
March 2000
By:
Brad C.
| Homer, Alaska
A new opportunity beckoned
Microbursts of Joy
November 1999
By:
Jan P.
| Jefferson Hills, Pennsylvania
Step 11: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God <emphasis type="underline">as we understood Him</emphasis>, praying only for knowledge of his will for us and the power to carry that out.