A Strong, Independent Woman
October 2012
By:
Anonymous
She tried her best to not be like Dad, but alcohol was calling the shots
Hope in a Lock Box
July 2012
By:
David N.
| Harvest, Alabama
AA gives a prisoner the key to sobriety and a way to repair the past
Homeless But Not Hopeless
April 2012
By:
Jamie H.
| Rhode Island
One day he woke up and realized that he didn't have to live like this anymore
Screen Saver
March 2012
By:
Ollie O.
| Canberra
A meeting in Australia uses technology to bring the world of AA into their room
Dear Grapevine
February 2012
A River Runs Through It
September 2011
By:
M.J.
| Boise, Idaho
After getting sober, a man returns to the valley of his childhood in his imagination and finds his Higher Power
Web Exclusive: Wrong Number?
September 2011
By:
Nina H.
| Chicago, Illinois
A chance misdial prevented her from picking up the first drink
Web Exclusive: Sobriety, A Road of Miracles
August 2011
By:
Mike
| New Hampshire
A sober man recalls how AA got him through all of life's ups and downs
"No Grappa For You!”
June 2011
By:
Nicola M.
| Laguna Niguel, California
At the border of Slovenia and Northern Italy, the universal language of sobriety is spoken
A Solitary Swimmer
June 2011
By:
Nancy L.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
After a childhood of solitary pursuits, she became a secret drinker
Web Exclusive: Learning to Give it Away
March 2011
By:
Bob T.
| Washington
After 10 years in and out of Alcoholics Anonymous, it was a sponsor who helped this AA member learn to help others in recovery.
The Imperfectionist
January 2011
By:
A.L.
| Troy, Montana
Surrendering to the moment brings personal victory
I CAN'T FLY THAT KITE TODAY
November 2010
By:
FRANK A.
| Scranton, Pa.
A Fifth Step unveils a 41-year-old resentment that was stonewalling his spirituality
A DRUNK, PURE AND SIMPLE
January 2010
By:
JUDE H.
| Graton, Calif.
For an alcoholic in denial, the party had been over for a long tiem
LOIS REMEMBERS
November 2009
By:
Lois W.
Bill's wife recalls when he and she and the first AAs were very young
A Day Without Regrets
October 1989
By:
Bernice M.
| Los Gatos, California
Step Ten - Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
Act On the Decision
April 1989
By:
Alan L.
| Gentry, Arkansas
Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Real Men Don't Make Amends--Do They?
October 1984
By:
N. D.
| Omaha, Nebraska
Step 9 - Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others
