Glad we took the steps
January 2022
| Beginners
By:
Duncan M.
| Poway, Calif.
I pointed to the AA sign and said, “Let’s go up there” My dad said, “Oh, no.”
When we got home, I told my mother about this and she remarked, “Oh yes, your father needs to go up there.”
When we got home, I told my mother about this and she remarked, “Oh yes, your father needs to go up there.”
Sink or Swim
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Laura T.
| Little Rock, Ark.
Through tears, fits, fear and phone calls, she held tight to her Higher Power and got sober in a pandemic
Staying Alive
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Chuck M.
| Freehold, N.J.
After 44 years of sobriety, he’s convinced this serenity business isn’t half bad
My Sponsor—Sweet Pickle
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
George A.
| Lake Oswego, Ore
Remembering the lessons taught by an extraordinary AA
Growing up
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Bob M.
| Tulsa, Oklahoma
Another Fourth Step helps a dad let go of a long-time resentment toward his son
Thanks, G.U.S.
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Robin F.
| Prince George, British Columbia
How a construction worker led him to his new best friend, someone who’d never let him down
A New Set of Eyes
September 2018
By:
Richelle L.
| Export, Pa.
A meditation on seeing the world with the spiritual pair of glasses provided by AA
Father and Son
July 2018
By:
Peter C.
| Springfield, Mass.
Their sobriety date is six week apart. They’ve shared the same joy, pain and love as their lives opened up in sobriety
100 days to go
July 2017
By:
Michelle L.
| Portland, Oregon
The recovery she was getting inside with this group of AA-loving women was time well spent
The Visitor
July 2017
By:
Dan S.
| Soledad, California
After five years of sharing recovery through the mail, the day had come to meet face-to-face
Gone berserk
June 2017
By:
Harold T.
| New York, New York
Texting constantly, always checking up on her, multiple visits to her workplace—was this love?
Holy smoke, what now!
May 2017
By:
Bill W.
Nearly half a century ago, our co-founder expressed a few thoughts about young people and inclusiveness
Cake or no cake
April 2017
By:
Rosemary P.
| Waynesboro, Virginia
After moving to different towns, a member gets a big lesson in how other meetings like to clap, share, pass the basket and celebrate
Out there somewhere
March 2017
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, California
One morning, at a little meeting on the harbor, he got more than enough reminders to keep believing
A hundred miles of bad road
November 2016
His grandfather told him he was headed the wrong way. He sure wishes he’d listened
A Glimpse of History
November 1993
What We Were Like
October 1993
By:
Sean M.
| Santa Monica, California
Fragments of AA History - 1st Dublin Group
A Friend of the Fellowship
July 1990
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
February 1988
By:
Associated Press
Drunken Bears
The Poor Me's
May 1979
By:
S. M.
| Lompoc, California
Fear of his daughter's disapproval led him straight to
The Up-and-down Ego
August 1978
By:
H. P.
| Florida
A good laugh at herself helped restore her perspective
Suddenly Something Happened
April 1976
By:
A. S. R.
| Barcelona
One of those magic moments that rekindle the divine spark of brotherhood
Cooperation with What?
February 1975
By:
O. C.
| Salem, Oregon
This AA found practices he could not condone
