Kitchen Sink Sobriety
June 2007
By:
Christian S.
| Memphis, Tennessee
Washing coffee cups and ashtrays began a path to serenity
The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Not-so-bad Day
April 2007
By:
J.C.
| Michigan
It's all a matter of how you look at it
The Fly in the Ointment
December 2005
By:
Perry W.
| Buxton, Maine
An atheist comes to terms with the Steps
One Brick at a Time
December 2004
By:
John Y.
| Russell, Pennsylvania
It took a while, but slowly the walls around him came down
Bill W.'s Letter About Hippies in AA
June 2004
By:
Bill
Excerpted from "The Traditions in Action" by Bernard B. Smith - March 1971
A Powerful Reason for Faith
June 2004
By:
G.E.
| Franklin, Massachusetts
In sobriety she learned to accept blindness - May 1982
Eighteen Days
February 2004
By:
Jeffrey T.
| Bountiful, Utah
A newcomer begins the journey back to life without alcohol
Dr. Bob's Last Major Talk: An Excerpt
November 2003
In the summer of 1948, Dr. Bob was stricken with the malady that was to take him from us two years later. This is an excerpt from his last major talk, as transcribed from a recording made at Detroit in December 1948. - Excerpted from the June 1973 Grapevi
Santa Ana Wind
March 2003
By:
J. B.
| Los Angeles, California
What does it take to blow away the pain?
Into the Fellowship, One Step at a Time
January 2003
By:
Larry L.
| Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Step One - We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
It's Not That Hard
July 2002
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
This writer says he wasn't arrested, he was rescued
It's Not That Hard
July 2002
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
This writer says he wasn't arrested, he was rescued
That Old Sinking Feeling
March 1990
By:
Ed F.
| Park Ridge, New Jersey
Third Tradition - The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking.
Second Tradition: Out of the Hat
February 1990
By:
Angela D.
| New York, New York
For our group purpose there is but one ultimate authority--a loving God as He may express Himself in our group conscience. Our leaders are but trusted servants; they do not govern.