Paradise Lost
June 2011
By:
Suzan C.
| San Francisco, California
A meeting of one turns her vacation from disastrous to delightful
ME & MY BIG MOUTH
October 2010
By:
JULIET H.
| Pinole, Calif.
A self-proclaimed 'AA geek' learns about Tradition Twelve the hard way
Tax man
December 2009
By:
JEFF W.
| Milwaukie, Ore.
A doctor owing more than $100,000 makes the restitution part of his recovery
Game over
September 2009
By:
SARAH B.
| Kingsport, Tenn.
A young woman admits her life is out of control
Saying Goodbye TO A SOBER DAD
September 2008
By:
Debbie C.
| Lerna, Illinois
A father & daughter finally connect
Scaling the Heights
August 2008
By:
D.J.
| Berkeley, California
Sharing sobriety and fellowship on an Alaskan glacier
A Far Cry From Home
December 2006
By:
Jim M.
| West Park, New York
On his own in China, a member finds AA
The Empty Vessel
June 2006
By:
C.C.
| Memphis, Tennessee
Home, family, profession--nothing seemed to fill her up
Shoeless
January 2003
By:
K. D.
| Lynnwood, Washington
In him, he saw his own face. In him, he saw his own hopelessness.
Finding My Voice
November 2002
By:
Dóni P.
| Tucson, Arizona
First, she had to find out she had a life. Then she had to learn how to live it.
The Spiritual Kind of Thirst
August 1965
By:
Don McF.
| Los Angeles, California
God as we understand Him
That Loud-mouth !*"#!!*!
October 1963
By:
B. E. T.
| Siesta Key, Florida
I had just learned to control my resentments, when
The Slip That Turned Out Sober
March 1963
By:
Anon.
| Manhattan, New York
Ten years dry--then a beer and a rye<lb Then four years in hell--paved the way to get well
Phobias and Other Phoolishness
December 1962
By:
J.R.B.
| North Hollywood, California
Fearless Fosdick hear this: dentist, barber, airplane, elevator and work desk hold no terrors for this sober head
Jazz Musician
August 1961
By:
V. G.
| Van Nuys, California
Like the arrangements my combo played, I gave the cue for the finale
The Twelve Steps Revisited/Step 3
July 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as <emphasis type="italic">we understood Him</emphasis>