A Tale of Two Saturdays
August 2014
By:
Dick L.
| Meridian, Idaho
The difference between the two was the world--and one drink
Sophie’s cake
December 2013
By:
Anonymous
A long holiday drive to see the in-laws … so what’s wrong with having some sweets?
Dear Grapevine
August 2013
No Laughing Matter
April 2013
By:
Kris G.
| Sewickley, Pennsylvania
Her drinking became a big joke; then nobody thought it was funny
Smarter than the Average Bear
September 2012
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Florida
She always thought she could outsmart the ranger. Then she met her match
Off-kilter
June 2012
By:
Libbi B.
| Farragut, Tennessee
She finally found out why she was unbalanced her whole life
Mississippi Pay Dirt
May 2012
By:
Russ S.
| Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
On a country road, he found the guys who gave him the tools to save his life
Regarding the Preamble
March 2012
By:
Gregory H.
A member reflects on the Preamble's description of AA's mission
First Aid, AA-Style
September 2011
By:
Jimmy L.
| Arcadia, Florida
It was the way he survived two heart-shattering losses
Web Exclusive: They Told Me: "To Drink is to Die"
June 2011
By:
Cahlen H.
| Idaho
A young member from a family devasted by the effects of alcoholism finds her way to AA.
Web Exclusive: It Defined Who I Was
June 2011
By:
Patrick S.
| Wilmington, North Carolina
After 25 years of drinking I could hardly picture my life without alcohol.
From My Face to My Heart
March 2011
By:
Ronny G.
| Huntsville, Texas
A member learns to not take a wonderful sponsor for granted
Step 1: I Just Can't Do This Anymore
January 2009
By:
David B.
| Hartland, Wisconsin
An isolated home drinker gets honest with himself for the first time
9TH STEP RIDE
September 2008
By:
Scotty K.
| Lake Arrowhead, California
A biker calculates the price of peace
Caught in Hateland
December 1966
By:
R. A. S.
| La Verne, California
An AA once trapped by resentments offers a guide to the way out
Falling Down the Up Hill
April 1966
By:
Anonymous
| Large City
High-bottom AA groups may not always do the trick. Here's a story of a couple who needed "bedrock
They Thought He Was Drunk
October 1965
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
Would I have gone to him? Honestly, I don't know. That's the horror of it.
Glossary of Golfing Terms
September 1965
By:
J. F. G. Jr.
| Shaker Heights, Ohio
Did drinking affect your golf? Or vice versa?
The Good Old Daze
September 1964
By:
W. S. R.
| East Norwalk, Connecticut
You can't deny it, Kildare, we might almost have got killed. . .
Dry But Not Sober
October 1963
By:
A. G.
| Chappaqua, New York
For seven years I went to meetings as a nonalcoholic and then one day the truth popped out
My Empathetic God
March 1962
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles
. . .and the Word was God" proved a stumbling block for this "scientifically oriented rationalist
What Good Does AA Do in Prison?
March 1962
By:
Henry Max Heilig
a noted prison official tells why your AA visits to penal institutions aren't wasted work
The "Cured" Alcoholic
February 1962
By:
L. B.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Further proof that the first drink makes life unmanageable
Can We Permit Justice to Remain Blind?
March 1961
By:
Albert B. Logan
Before a Joint Session of the Law Society of England and the American Bar Association, an attorney stresses the need for the legal profession to recognize alcoholism as a disease