The Father Who Left
September 2014
By:
Les G.
| Highlands Ranch, Colorado
It was many years later that he would return to play a part in the son's sobriety
Web Exclusive: Helpless in Ontario
September 2011
By:
Deirdre S.
| Enniskerry, Wicklow
An Irishwoman travels to Ontario to find the program of Alcoholics Anonymous
Back from Near Death
August 2011
By:
Sharon J.
| Los Angeles, California
While waiting for a transplant, an alcoholic suffering from cirrhosis gets sober and begins a new life
How a New Group Came to Be
March 1974
By:
S. P.
| Rogers City, Michigan
Here was a place that had no AA. What could be done? What steps should be taken?
Al-anon Abroad
May 1968
By:
Margaret W.
| Detroit, Michigan
AAs and Al-Anons speak an international 'language of the heart' everywhere
Britain--On Twenty-four Hours a Day
June 1966
By:
M. C.
| Pleasantville, New York
The program includes the pleasure of anticipation, and the pleasures of new AA meetings and friends
Carrying the Message
June 1965
Twelfth Step Workshops
February 1951
Low Bottom or High Bottom. . . <lb Two experiments that do raise bottoms up!
Listening to the Wind
December 2001
It took an "angel" to introduce this Native American woman to AA and recovery.
That Almighty First Year
March 1969
By:
E. M. K.
| South Pasadena, California
A two-coast story of profound despair and a new life
A Place in the Sun
February 2016
As the dolphins leaped and his daughter smiled, he knew his Higher Power had brought him to this moment
Home Sweet Home
October 2014
By:
Anonymous
Her eagerness to volunteer at her Central Office led to a job at a place she knew quite well
Raised in Loisaida
August 2014
By:
Vicky B.
| New York, New York
On New York’s Lower East Side, she did it her way and drank like the boys
When the World Came Apart
April 2014
By:
Greg
| Carlisle, Pennsylvania
He was sober 12 years when he faced some incredible challenges
Letter to Hong Kong
March 2013
By:
Anonymous
How could she ever make amends to the co-worker she mistreated so badly?
Ticket to Ride
February 2013
By:
Bob S.
| Marquette, Michigan
AA buddies fly to the rescue when a member’s son reaches out
Still a Great Ride
January 2013
By:
Paul C.
| Oceanside, California
An old-timer returns to his beloved young peoples’ group, where, long ago, he learned to survive the ups and downs of early sobriety
Out of the Doghouse
April 2012
By:
Brenda N.
| Lakemont, Georgia
After years of hiding booze and driving drunk, she made a phone call to save her life
A Pillar of AA
February 2012
By:
Knoba D.
| Washington
His Higher Power showed him what it meant to be of service in a humble way
Learning to Fly
August 2011
By:
Bob B.
| Puyallup, Washington
An Air Force pilot swaps his flight manual for a Big Book and avoids disaster
Web Exclusive: Filling the Voids
June 2011
By:
Jim
After getting sober, he learns how to fill up all the space alcohol took up in his life
Slow bottom
May 2011
By:
Patrick B.
| Napa, Indiana
Drinking at work meant he was an alcoholic, so he quit the job
Trouble brewing
December 2009
By:
JOE B.
| Memphis, Tenn.
At a beer-soaked event, a member gets a chance to pass it on