Home Is Where I Am
April 2016
After 20 years, a man returns to his original home group and gets a big surprise
Weekend in jail
January 2015
By:
Melissa W.
| Granbury, Texas
With lice shampoo and a stiff orange suit, she was now alone with HP and Step One
On the Mountaintop
December 2014
By:
Jerry F.
| Cerritos, California
Getting sober in AA relieved him of his alcoholism and the shackles he made for himself
The Dreaded Job of Making Coffee
May 2013
By:
Les L.
| Medicine Hat, Alberta
An old-timer remembers how washing cups taught him to laugh again
39 Reasons to Dance
September 2012
By:
Peggy B.
| New York, New York
She has never forgotten the Bill W. dinner that helps pay for the phones that saved her life
Soldier Down
October 2011
By:
David A.
| Kaiserslautern, Germany
German beer taught this sergeant who had the real power
As Promised
September 2011
By:
Trey B.
| Macon, Georgia
Sometimes the truest amends are made instinctively
Love on the Rocks
August 2011
By:
Jay K.
| South Carolina
An AA relationship is put to the ultimate test when a wife's affair with his sponsee is revealed
The Undertow of Anger
August 2011
By:
Greg T.
| Oceanside, California
A young teenage surfer resists the pull of anger in order to stay sober
Web Exclusive: Finding Love Again on AA Campus
March 2011
By:
Robert M.
| Carrollton, Texas
The work in AA has helped this couple bring their relationship to a richer, deeper level.
Stuck in a funk
December 2010
By:
Laura S.
| Coral Springs, Fla.
Without Twelfth Step work, the Promises evaporate as quickly as they came
Sidelined by remorse
September 2010
By:
J.M.
| Kansas City, Mo.
After his brother's suicide, he blames himself and drops out of AA
Paying the Price
December 2008
By:
Paul G.
| Washington, D.C.
The cost of a casual membership in the program
AA in Uniform
September 2008
By:
Thomas H.
| Palm Springs, California
On the brink of despair, a chaplain finds his true calling
Professing Alcoholism
June 1960
Why a member of our diplomatic corps found it desirable to break his anonymity abroad--and what happened after that
The Biggest Meeting of All
August 1955
By:
AE
CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS - <emphasis type="italic">AA's Twentieth Anniversary Celebration held in St. Louis July 1-2-3. For an account of its most solemn moment, see page 32--Ed. Note.</emphasis>
A Happy Holiday!
December 1952
By:
R. B. A
| New York City, New York
a hand reaches across the sea in AA's own "auld lang syne. . .