Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
November 1967
By:
Vance S.
| Long Beach, California
I'd Throw On My Bill W. T-Shirt, My Serenity Tie-Tack, and Ride!
The February 2014 Issue Is Here!
February 2014
This month's special section features stories about emotional sobriety
Laughter 101
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
Glenn P.
| Florissant, Mo.
When a group of nurses visits our open meeting on a field trip, I want them to know about AA group autonomy and that not all meetings are like ours.
Tending my Garden
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
C.W.
| Tucson, Arizona
Each day she plants a flower or a cactus she’s reminded that, just as in life, she’s not in charge
Home again
March 2018
By:
Ames S.
| New York, New York
Each year he takes flight, sometimes gracefully, and returns to the room where it all began
Two Gifts
March 2017
The first sound he heard, shuffling down the hall of the detox in pajamas and paper slippers, was laughter. But where could it be coming from?
Letter from Finland
November 2013
After a childhood corroded by alcohol, she turned to it as an adult to dull the misery
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age
December 1957
By:
Bill W.
More historic photographs from - An informal account by co-founder
A Solitary Swimmer
June 2011
By:
Nancy L.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
After a childhood of solitary pursuits, she became a secret drinker
Rule 62
March 1987
By:
R. G.
| Longview, Washington
Part II--on the meaning and implications of our Third Legacy
A Question of Sanity
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Robert P.
| Amity, Oregon
A newcomer gets a little Higher Power logic to help him find his way to Step Two
Sterling's Son
November 2013
After getting sober in AA, he was able to become the son he always had wanted to be
One-shot Deal Or Constant Companion?
March 1972
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
The following nine-page section speaks to the question--Are AAs using the Big Book as much today as the early members did in the past?
Having our say
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Russ K.
| Tampa, Florida
After their treasury went missing, a group had to hold a vote. Luckily, they’d just had an inventory
Room Service
March 2012
By:
W.F.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A lonely, drunken night in a hotel sends a woman onto her laptop—and a new life
Off to Founders’ Day
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
By:
Patty B.
| Columbus, Ohio
A risky three-day road trip to Akron with her mom? Luckily, a big dose of Bill & Bob was just the right medicine