Across the Editor's Desk
January 1955
Back in the game
April 2023
| AA & Families
By:
Bob D.
| Indianapolis, Ind.
A close brush with death showed him how much he is loved and how grateful he is to be sober
I, Agnostic
April 2011
By:
Anonymous
The journey toward a Higher Power comes quickly for some, slower for others
Lingering Moments of Truth - Part Two
May 2000
By:
Jim B.
| Pine Hill, New York
(Continued from the April 2000 issue)
Friendly Yet Different
June 1990
By:
Anonymous
| Denver, Colorado
Sixth Tradition - An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age
January 1958
By:
Bill W.
More historic photographs from - An informal account by co-founder
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
My big fat taped-up Big Book
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Nancy K.
| Galt, California
She held on to a copy for dear life...then she realized it was written for her
At Wit’s End
August 2022
| Sober Travel
Can Sobriety Scuttle the National Economy?
October 1974
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Our unqualified expert dabbles in business and finance
Blurred ambition
June 2017
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
A drunken writer with dreams of success places two huge bets that change his life
The Twelve Steps Revisited/Step 4
September 1961
By:
J. E.
| Guilford, Connecticut
Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves
To Love a Dad
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Dick H.
| Winston-Salem, North Carolina
A newcomer heads to North Carolina to make amends to his father. Good thing he took his sponsor’s suggestion and prayed
Just the Facts
March 2014
By:
Sherry S.
| Curtice, Ohio
The first 164 pages contained all the solutions she needed
Taking it on the road
March 2017
By:
Gail E.
| Milpitas, California
No matter where she is, this happy traveler learns to love and give and live the sober life
Heritage Trails
January 2014
By:
Anonymous
With a Big Book and a tankful of gas, a member drives deeper into AA history
Your Friendly Bartender
March 1974
By:
V. W. C.
| Long Beach, California
Over the years he's learned a lot about people and alcoholism