Welcome back, sucker
April 2015
By:
Larry K.
| Manhasset, New York
After 11 years, he stopped going to meetings and an old friend returned
Teacher Gets Schooled
October 2014
By:
Bill P.
| Waukesha,, Wisconsin
The story Billy was about to share with the class would stay with his teacher for years
Three Lives
September 2014
By:
V.O.
| Phoenix, Arizona
It wasn't easy to maintain so many secrets living in a convent
Out of the Box (of Cheap Wine)
August 2014
By:
Ellen G.
| Pittstown, New Jersey
Much of what she heard in meetings didn't make sense at first but she kept coming
One Day in June
May 2014
By:
Kathy D.
| Atlanta, Georgia
On a relapse, she found her self defeated again by alcohol
Basket Case
January 2014
By:
Casey K.
| Castle Rock, Colorado
Not wanting to be short-changed, a member considers tossing in another dollar or two
Fire in the Holler
November 2013
By:
L.O.
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
The share that will give us solace may be just around the bend
Sobriety Calling
August 2013
By:
Anonymous
A member shares how he feels about texting and calls during meetings
Birthday Blackout
July 2013
By:
Carrie B.
| Bend, Oregon
A momentous night pushes her to do the unthinkable—go to AA!
If It Ain't Nailed Down
March 2013
By:
Karen P.
| Franklin, New Hampshire
She cleaned out the treatment center, now it was time to clean up her past
The Anonymity Principle
May 2012
By:
Matt S.
| Buffalo Grove, Illinois
He confided in a co-worker about his recovery in AA, and later he had to pay a price
Strike Out
April 2012
By:
Megan B.
| Naperville, Illinois
We often don't plan our last drink. She had hers at a baseball game.
Hanging with the Girls
March 2012
By:
Cheryl B.
| North Riverside, Illinois
She learned how to make and keep friends in AA
Starting at Zero
March 2012
By:
Jim
It took a long time of being in AA before he could take the First Step
Farther Off From Heaven
July 1998
By:
T.M.
| Hemet, California
The words of a poem, remembered from childhood
Autonomy Is Not an Excuse
April 1998
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
Tradition Four - Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
Leave Room on the Chair
October 1997
By:
Danny S.
| London
This AA learned to let the Higher Power into his life
The Write Stuff
August 1997
The General Service Office in New York receives a tremendous amount of mail on a wide range of topics relating to AA, alcoholism, public information, group problems, etc. But as the following exchange of letters shows, at the heart of this flood of inform
Estoy Buscando a Alcohlicos Annimos" - (I Am Looking for Alcoholics Anonymous)
October 1996
By:
Anonymous
| Martinez, California
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