Oliver the Cat
June 2015
Believing in a higher power didn't come naturally to her so she started with a familiar, friendly spirit
The Father Who Left
September 2014
By:
Les G.
| Highlands Ranch, Colorado
It was many years later that he would return to play a part in the son's sobriety
Dear Grapevine
June 2012
An Unmade Bed
April 2011
By:
Jeanne R.
| Monaca, Pennsylvania
Sometimes a slip starts in the subtlest ways
A nice girl like me
March 2010
By:
A.M.
| Scottsdale, Ariz.
A beginner wonders how she ever ended up as an alcoholic
Amends without thinking
September 2009
By:
MORGAN J.
| Crofton, Md.
Years of hatred melt away as a son forgives his alcoholic father
The Only Faith You Need
February 2004
By:
Michael B.
| Atlanta, Georgia
An agnostic's adventure with the God thing
Out of the Night and Into the Day of the First Meeting
February 1979
By:
I. C.
| Rochester, New York
Twelfth Step - Two people are blessed when a willing newcomer calls on an AA member for help
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
December 1974
By:
C. R. T. Jr.
| Glenside, Pennsylvania
The simple act of caring carries its own healing power
Britain--On Twenty-four Hours a Day
June 1966
By:
M. C.
| Pleasantville, New York
The program includes the pleasure of anticipation, and the pleasures of new AA meetings and friends
Big Book, Coffeepot & Me
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
Greg H.
| Park Forest, Ill.
For the first two months, I’d show up Wednesday nights at the appointed time, unlock the space, make coffee and sit there and read. After an hour, I’d dump the coffee.
A Set of Principles
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
By:
B.R.
| Mt. Washington, Ky.
She was young and she drank hard, but then found the Fellowship and a new way of life
That Imaginary Line
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Rosemary P.
| Waynesboro, Va.
Tradition Three gave this Al-Anon member enough time to listen and see that she too belonged
Choosing to Decide
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Kyle N.
| Austin, Texas
He’s at the turning point. Can he give up the idea that he can run his life the way he always has before
Getting back up
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Bobbie S.
| Cincinnati, Ohio
I came into AA in Los Angeles in 1965. I’ve been sober ever since. Through the years, action has been the magic that has kept me going.
I Found Intimacy
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Janet S.
A classic suburban picture: Great exterior, miserable interior, and plenty of drinking. It was either change her life or explode
A God Of My Understanding
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Kevin K.
| Round Rock, Texas
His perception of God may be a little bit different, but he believes in Alcoholics Anonymous before everything else
When misfortune falls
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Bill W.
| Homestead, Florida
At 26 years sober, a member in Florida finds himself in a homeless shelter. Yet he never forgets his primary purpose
Perfect Recipe
September 2017
By:
Greg S.
| Oakland, New Jersey
When he got to AA, he was done. He didn’t question the recipe. He was just glad to be another meatball in such good sauce
Sailing To Sobriety
January 2017
She’s new in AA, but a veteran sailor, and when she finds herself losing her program, she remembers life lessons the wind and sea have taught her
What’s On Your Mind: It’s All Relative. Or Is It?
December 2016
Putting one dollar in the basket may no longer be enough, suggests an AA who thinks we may need to rethink our attitude when it comes to our tradition of self-support
Gratitude As A Way Of Life
December 2016
By:
Don J.
| Orland Park, Ill.
A member finds a better way to share the joy than being a drunken Santa