The Day It Ended
March 2014
By:
Wayne M
| Brigantine, New Jersey
He reached his bottom while sitting in a psychiatrist's office with his wife and son
Scared to be seen
December 2013
By:
Anonymous
A newcomer gets assured right away about anonymity in AA
My Child Heart
March 2012
By:
Snow P.
| Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
A failure to find the "right God" eventually led her to her best friend
Game Over
September 2011
By:
Debbie M.
| Florence, Oregon
The blame game ended when her husband took his life
A Sacred Safari
April 2004
By:
Rick P.
| Vernon, Connecticut
His mind was a jungle. Would meditation really be able to tame it?
The Open Door
September 2003
A presentation by Joe O., panel 52 delegate from Area 45, to the 2003 General Service Conference in New York City.
Plus a Change, Plus C'est La Meme Chose
February 1984
By:
J. H.
| Woodland, California
The more it changes, the more it's the same thing," wrote Alphonse Karr in an 1849 French publication
The Woes of West Widget Heights
December 1982
By:
J. K.
| Henryetta, Oklahoma
Any resemblance between this tall tale and actual experience is purely coincidental . . . or is it?
Time to Smell the Flowers
July 1982
By:
S. B.
| Virginia Beach, Virginia
An expression of gratitude for being sober and being able to help others
AA Works--Inside and Out
July 1982
By:
S. J.
| Bronx, New York
In this section, six AAs tell us how it works, inside and outside
Laughter Is Our Best Medicine
July 1980
Excerpts from the new AA book "Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers" show both humorous and serious sides of our co-founder
Where the Birds Fly, There Are We
October 1970
By:
F. J.
| Kawaihae, Hawaii
We hold our meetings in the park and anyone interested may come
Count-the-house Charlie
February 1970
By:
W. O'K.,
| Palos Verdes,, California
He found his place in AA and served faithfully in his own way
Call Us Any Time. . .
May 1969
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Neither rain nor snow nor gloom, of night can stay these swift sponsors. . .
The Wonder of It
October 1968
By:
Dr. D. G. M.
| Montreal, Quebec
He was a physician who could not heal himself. . . . Then he found AA
Un Trago?" (A Drink") "!No, Soy Miembro De AA!" ("No I'm in AA!")
February 1965
By:
A. B.
| Stamford, Connecticut
Should We Revise the Lord's Prayer?
April 1962
By:
R. Z.
| Council Bluffs, Iowa
there is a world of difference between "Lead us not into temptation" and "Let us not fall when tempted