Dancing with Mom
January 2016
Acting as though she loved the mother she couldn’t stand changed both lives forever
My Own Private Hell
February 2014
By:
Anonymous
He couldn't stop and he was drinking mouthwash, until AA gave him the key to get free
Dear Grapevine
February 2013
Nap Time
September 2012
By:
Chuck M.
| Freehold, New Jersey
... and he said he was hanging in bars to make friends!
Color-blind
November 2006
By:
Wally F.
| Phelan, California
THIS AA HAD TO FIND A MEETING WITH HIS KIND OF DRUNK
Winnipeg Women Celebrate the Big Five-O
August 2003
By:
The Winnipeg Women's Group
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
In February 2003, the Winnipeg Women's Group in Winnipeg, Manitoba, celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, making it, they've been told, the oldest women's group in Alcoholics Anonymous to function continuously for that length of time. --The Home Group<lbHe
Never Too Late for a Miracle
November 1997
By:
Herb R.
| Fresno, California
This alcoholic finally got sober after bouncing in and out of AA for thirty-nine years
From Fear to Freedom
October 1996
Jim, an Aborigine, endured extreme privation in his early years. His father, he says, "wielded a mean strap"--Jim was in constant fear of him--and then at school, because of "a rebellious nature," similar punishments occurred. Later, he was apprenticed to
Gifts From the Past
March 1985
By:
T. C.
| Bristol
A slice of history as British members form their AA archives
The Golden Rule in Action
April 1962
By:
E. M.
| Tacoma, Washington
a clergyman friend of the Fellowship finds in our Program ". . .al the elements of true religion
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
April 1991
By:
Medical Times
Chemical Chaos
The First Hospital Group
June 1977
By:
L. H.
| Manhattan, New York
How an understanding psychiatrist came to give Bill W. and five other AAs the "run of the ward
The Serenity Prayer
August 1968
By:
Bob N.
| Scarsdale, New York
The beginner's third question: What <emphasis type="underline">is</i> this thing called AA?
A Bridge To
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By:
Richie S.
| New Paltz, NY
Finding his way back to the world turned out to enhance everything he learned in AA
Scene of the Crime
April 2025
| Making Amends
By:
Louis P.
| Meford, Oregon
Somewhere in a lava field in Idaho, a bottle of whiskey was calling his name
AA News
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
Call for stories for pamphlet “Do You Think You’re Different?”
Reliance
August 2022
| Sober Travel
By:
Mike K.
| Palestine, Texas
In a tough prison after a relapse, his growing bond with a Higher Power assures him it’ll be OK