One Main Road
November 2015
Early in sobriety, she took a trip that confirmed for her that the path of AA was the right one
The Opera Singer
June 2015
By:
Bonnie L.
| Antioch, California
She left the stage and hid in the bottle. Now she faces the music and sings a new tune
The Road from Reno
September 2014
By:
Don A.
| Germantown, Tennessee
On a cross-country trip with his parents, a son learns a valuable lesson while making amends to his mom
Rowing Up the River
June 2014
By:
Jim
| Tasmania
After he started feeling worse sober, he realized that he needed to do things differently
20 reasons
December 2013
By:
Debi E.
| Springfield, Illinois
After 20 glorious sober years, a woman expresses her gratitude
Moment in the Mirror
January 2012
By:
John E.
| Seattle, Washington
Sweating and shaking in front of the bathroom cabinet, he looked at himself finally surrendered
The Year I Needed Santa
December 2011
By:
P.S.
| Phoenix, Arizona
An unexpected encounter in a neighbor's yard helps a woman get her gratitude game back
Web Exclusive: Pass It Down
March 2011
By:
Bob M.
| South Euclid, Ohio
An AA shares how he learned about district service from good service sponsors.
God drove me there
July 2009
By:
Mathew B.
| Wyoming
Craving booze, he heads for the liquor store and ends up at an AA meeting instead
ON THE SHORES OF THE AEGEAN
May 2009
By:
RODNEY N.
| Mountain Home, Idaho
A beacon of hope is lit in Turkey
This was it
April 2009
By:
Kelly A.
| San Mateo, California
A young woman, desperate to stop drinking, asks her recovering father for help
A Twelfth Step Call In The Wild
May 2006
By:
Anonymous
| Ketchikan, Alaska
An unexpected opportunity to help a drunk
At Sea on an Island in the Baltic
July 2005
By:
Anonymous
An AA from Sweden struggles to make a new group home
Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Service But Were Afraid to Ask
May 2002
By:
C. C.
| West Palm Beach, Florida
Secret society? Politics in AA? Elite group? Well, not quite . . .
The Nipping Nimrods
December 1974
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Hunters who drink or drinkers who hunt oft lead a merry chase
The Oldest Clubhouse in the World
After making the local news, this former son of a preacher found himself at a meeting in Ohio
Second Chance
March 1969
By:
Leo
An AA just can't share the benefits of the program without increasing his own
That Was the Life That Was
December 1966
By:
T. M.
| Kew Gardens, New York
He couldn't find the $27,000 he won at the track but the search led to AA
One Day Twenty-six Years Ago. . .
October 1966
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
THE OLD 24TH STREET CLUBHOUSE
Some Advice I Don't Take
March 1966
By:
Anonymous
A cool appraisal of a few old AA saws by a gal member who stays sober anyway
In the Place for Drunks
December 1964
Sobriety 1-2-3
April 1960
One of a series of "Beginners' Meetings"--to run from time to time--for newcomers to AA sobriety.