The old wrecking crew
March 2011
By:
Stephen H.
| Sun City, California
A member looks back on crazy drinking days when he meets his old buddy in AA
I can soar!
July 2010
By:
KATHY V.
| Queens, N.Y.
An infrequent flyer seeks God's help to travel without fear
A DRUNK, PURE AND SIMPLE
January 2010
By:
JUDE H.
| Graton, Calif.
For an alcoholic in denial, the party had been over for a long tiem
A Close Shave
July 2008
By:
Jeff G.
| St. Louis, Missouri
When the going gets tough, a sponsor gets going
Listening and Learning
January 2008
By:
Nicholas Y.
| Penngrove, California
A newcomer gets sober one phrase at a time
Is This AA?
January 2008
By:
M.P.
| Pocatello, Idaho
An AA member questions dress codes for speakers
Coming to Believe
October 2005
By:
Ann S.
| San Marcos, California
An atheist's long journey toward faith
Double Trouble
March 2005
By:
Tammy W.
| Kihei, Hawaii
Staying sober through an extreme transformation
The Piano Teacher
October 2004
By:
Jenni J.
| Fullerton, California
A life-long outsider discovers harmony in AA
They Call Me the Bid Committee Chick
January 2004
By:
Andrea R.
| Orlando, Florida
Get to ICYPAA," her sponsor told her. "It's the biggest party of young people in AA
A Curmudgeoness Looks Back
April 2003
By:
June L.
| El Granada, California
There was a time when Steps were suggestions designed to set you free --Step Four - Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Let's Hear It for Sobriety
December 1984
By:
R.K.
| Manhattan, New York
In AA, one person's sobriety is important to us all
Powerless Equals Free
September 1984
By:
M. O.
| Oak Park, Illinois
Step One - "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable
Flag-wavers Anonymous?
July 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy
The Jingle Cat
December 1981
By:
E. E.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
Our animated ornament would have demolished a Christmas tree
Meetings, Meetings, Meetings
May 1979
By:
W. P.
| Arlington Heights, Illinois
Too happy, too sad, too glad, too mad, too busy, too tired-still, he gets to a meeting
An End to Envy
February 1979
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
If you're a grandma at a meeting full of young people, your thoughts may run a crazy course
The Roots of Resentment
October 1977
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
We can see ourselves in the anger we feel toward others
My Plastic Conscience
August 1976
By:
R. A.
| Omaha, Nebraska
It was a scientifically calibrated wonder gadget designed for controlled drinking
The Good Within the Enemy
August 1973
By:
A. G.
| Decatur, Georgia
Where there is hatred let me sow love. . ." - Forgiveness comes when we love and bless the Power that flows through each of us