One book’s journey
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Julia D.
| Westfield, N.J.
The making of the book Our Great Responsibility: A Selection of Bill W.’s General Service Conference Talks (1951-1970)
Loose nut
January 2017
By:
Chris K.
| Grain Valley, Missouri
Once a danger at the wheel, she reduced her speed and joined the highway to emotional sobriety
Strangers in the night
August 2016
One chilly, wet Friday evening in Independence, a lonely meeting chair learns the importance of making some coffee
Middle of the Herd
November 2015
On a remote Alaska road, he got a big scare that turned out to be HP’s Thanksgiving gift
From Rags to Riches
January 2015
By:
Norma A.
| Austin, Texas
AA taught me how to live, how to love, and how to let go
The Gift of Sharing
December 2014
By:
Rick T.
| Falcon Heights, Minnesota
The words he spoke to his AA group that December opened their hearts forever
Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
September 2011
By:
Jerry P.
| Hastings, Nebraska
From Section 2, Living History
You and Me and the DTs
June 2011
By:
Lee B.
| Guelph, Ontario
Twenty years after seeing her mom die of the DTs, this woman got sober after experiencing her own alcoholic seizures and DTs
Help
April 2011
By:
Marcia J.
| Phoenix, Arizona
It can feel like the dirtiest four-letter word in the English language
Early AA: Still Active After All These Years
March 2007
By:
Mary W.
| Mountain View, California
One of the first female AAs on the San Francisco Peninsula shares her story
Jackpot
May 2006
By:
Michael G.
| North York, Ontario
There was one thing this drunk could count on; every time he drank, he got drunk
A Glimpse of the Mountain
April 2005
By:
Michael W.
| Mill Creek, Washington
When the view suddenly becomes unobscured
A Dry Drunk's Last Stand
February 2003
By:
Steve S.
| Douglaston, New York
After white-knuckling it for weeks, another warrior comes in from the combat zone
A Place Called Home
October 2015
By:
Brenda M.
| Boise, Idaho
An AA makes the case for getting a home group
Home Is Where the Heart Is
August 2014
By:
Judy P.
| Highland Park, New Jersey
The people in her morning home group taught her how to live and how to love and be loved
Where's the Beef?
May 2014
By:
April P.
| Monongahela, Pennsylvania
She realized there was a connection between her spiritual condition and her perception of meetings
Heritage Trails
January 2014
By:
Anonymous
With a Big Book and a tankful of gas, a member drives deeper into AA history
Stumbling Blocks
January 2014
By:
Stephan M.
| Tracy, California
The intellectual debate inside his head kept him drinking
The Beauty of Tradition Ten
October 2012
By:
Matt F.
| Brooklyn, New York
Outside debates stay outside
A New Kind of Love
April 2012
By:
Brenda M.
| Boise, Idaho
In sobriety, she learned how to love herself and others
Rowing in the Lifeboat
December 2011
By:
Jim
| Tasmania
An oldtimer chronicles his own fight against AA as a cautionary tale
Honoring Barbara
April 2011
By:
Lenny Y.
| Lebanon, New Jersey
After a devastating accident, a home group pays respects
A SIMPLE DIRECTION
May 2009
By:
ROBERT H.
| Nashville, Tennessee
How it Works," heard for the first time, is a lifeline