A Letter to My Mother
September 2011
By:
Nancy S.
| Dallas, Texas
Years after her mother's death, she was able to reconcile with her through a Ninth Step amends
Web Exclusive: They Told Me: "To Drink is to Die"
June 2011
By:
Cahlen H.
| Idaho
A young member from a family devasted by the effects of alcoholism finds her way to AA.
Exit to utopia
November 2010
By:
KARINA S.
| Tucson, Ariz.
Could a reformed wanderer return to the road as a sober woman?
Safety valve
October 2010
By:
DAVID S.
| New York, N.Y.
Using journaling as his Tenth Step, a self-critic attempts to conquer his turmoil
Saying Goodbye TO A SOBER DAD
September 2008
By:
Debbie C.
| Lerna, Illinois
A father & daughter finally connect
Tradition 5: A United Message of Recovery
May 2008
By:
Gay G.
| Decatur, Georgia
From the May 1994 Grapevine
Sk8ing Through Life
September 2005
By:
Baxter J.
| Sacramento, California
A skateboarder takes on a monster ramp with the help of the Steps
The End of the Road
August 2004
By:
Patti W.
| Ogden, Utah
Carrying the message into the back country of Alaska
Marriage--Drunk and Sober
February 2003
By:
Jan and Fran P.
| Spokane, Washington
They found the true meaning of love and marriage
The Big Depression
October 1964
By:
D. W.
| Van Nuys
Another AA recommended a special kind of help to this member: it worked
A For Attitude A For Action
June 1964
By:
B. N. MacA.
| Manhattan, New York
Working the Steps, I change: my life changes
What Good Does AA Do in Prison?
March 1962
By:
Henry Max Heilig
a noted prison official tells why your AA visits to penal institutions aren't wasted work
ENGLISH
October 1961
By:
Anonymous
| Transvaal
In the language of the Bantu, drink is a tyrant, compelling its slaves to do its bidding
Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends. . .
June 1960
Psychiatry and AA can work together, as this professional writer's story shows
I LIKED THE MEDICINE
March 1953
By:
D. A. S.
| Frederickton, New Brunswick
You have to live it, feel it, suffer it before you know it. . .and you have to admit it before you can recover.