Better than Kentucky bourbon
October 2018
By:
Anonymous
| St. Louis, Missouri
With a gut feel and a few wild guesses, some hardworking AAs start a national corrections conference
The big event
August 2018
By:
L.D.
| Washington, D.C.
Chairing a what? A mini-conference? Oh no, how do you do that? She was about to find out
Father and Son
July 2018
By:
Peter C.
| Springfield, Mass.
Their sobriety date is six week apart. They’ve shared the same joy, pain and love as their lives opened up in sobriety
11 men & a Prayer
November 2017
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By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, California
With a few canoes and horseshoes, and a little help from upstairs, a mountain fellowship begins
Like A Gem
September 2017
By:
Jeff P.
| San Jose, Calif.
After thirty years of self-destructive drinking nearly killed him, he discovered sobriety that he burnished into a precious jewel
100 days to go
July 2017
By:
Michelle L.
| Portland, Oregon
The recovery she was getting inside with this group of AA-loving women was time well spent
Holy smoke, what now!
May 2017
By:
Bill W.
Nearly half a century ago, our co-founder expressed a few thoughts about young people and inclusiveness
Simple & good
May 2017
By:
Ames S.
| New York, New York
With a bit of mustard, one member orders up a hot dog just like he does his sobriety
Cake or no cake
April 2017
By:
Rosemary P.
| Waynesboro, Virginia
After moving to different towns, a member gets a big lesson in how other meetings like to clap, share, pass the basket and celebrate
Bob K.’s Return To Life
April 2017
When two AA friends take turns saving each other’s lives, the true meaning of the Fellowship is revealed.
One plate at a time
December 2016
By:
Tim S.
| Riverview, Florida
Dirty laundry, piles of trash and stacks of filthy dishes. Little by little, a newcomer cleans up his act
Two Years Old
December 2016
On her anniversary, a woman reflects on how she traveled from blackout drinker to someone who sees the light, every day.
My search
October 2016
After five years of faking it, a young member, with the help of her sponsor, gets honest about her beliefs
Father's Day
June 2015
By:
Stephen M.
| Roslyn Heights, New York
In a restaurant in Little Italy, a sober dad gets a huge serving of love
It's Not That Hard
July 2002
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
This writer says he wasn't arrested, he was rescued
The Morning After
June 2002
By:
Patty V.
| Port Townsend, Washington
Sometimes hope comes when it's least expected; light shines on the darkest despair
Sober for Thirty Years
November 1999
By:
J.B.
| San Diego, California
One of the earliest members of the first New York AA group; he was also its first "self-proclaimed atheist." - From the May 1968 Grapevine