Better In Another Way
September 1975
By:
S. M.
| Lawrence, Massachusetts
The changes didn't come where she thought they would
Badge of Honor
November 1963
By:
M. C.
| Austin, Texas
I carried it proudly every night on the bus, hoping someone would ask
The Blessing of an Open Mind
August 1962
By:
B. K.
| Traverse City, Michigan
Accepting the fact that we are powerless often calls for some doing--first we learn to listen and then we listen to learn
HOW HAVE I CHANGED?
March 2009
By:
JIM
| Devonport, Tasmania
A retiree muses on what's different after 32 years
Sober over Sixty
October 2004
By:
Marion B.
| Holualoa, Hawaii
They were invisible until they found AA
Mail Call for A.A.s at Home and Abroad
June 1948
By:
E.G.S.F.
| Bala-Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
I, Too, Have a Shrine
Life, Unlimited
September 2007
By:
Diana C.
| Oceanside, California
A teenager reaps rewards of sobriety
Adult Love
January 2004
By:
Troy C.
| Sioux Rapids, Iowa
He confused love with need and denied his dependency
A Place I Belong
Web Exclusives
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By:
Anonymous
| Crystal, Minn.
His alcoholism was like a shooting star, raging brightly but briefly
Humility Takes Center Stage
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
David S.
| New York, N.Y.
His chance to impress everyone at the big event instead became a starring role for Step Seven
Without a net
June 2013
By:
Wendy W.
| Salt Lake City, Utah
Booze put her on a high wire, but her HP reached up and caught her
This Wasted Life
June 2011
By:
Barbara D.
| Mulberry, Florida
She needed to prove to herself that drinking would never work for her