The Gift
June 2017
Drunk on the streets for ten years, he faces the music, joins AA, and a begins marching to the beat of a very different drummer
Higher power unleashed
November 2016
One snowy night, a simple gesture from a furry friend gave her the lift she needed
Stranger In My Head
October 2016
Coming into AA in his 70s, it took him a while to get used to the sober “stranger” who now inhabits him and helps guide the way
Painful ego-puncturing
October 2015
New in town, she dove into service and wanted a position. What she got was an opportunity to grow
Glad to Empty our Pockets
August 2015
Two AA friends find joy in taking meetings behind five locked metal doors
A New Melody
April 2015
By:
M.S.
| Nashville, Indiana
In AA, it's never too late to put down the bottle and learn a brand new song
Lucy Amongst the Stars
February 2015
By:
Lucy M.
| Los Angeles, California
She came back down to earth in Los Angeles one dawn after a night of drinking
My Hampshire Grenadier
June 2014
By:
Anonymous
| Bronxville, New York
Reading his college alumni magazine, he came across a notice that would change the course of his life
The Things That Matter
June 2014
By:
Ed L.
| Wrightwood, California
Alcohol no longer is the most important thing in his life
Dark Nights and Glorious Dawns
May 2014
By:
Tony N.
| Middleton, Idaho
He learned that sometimes you lose everything to gain the world
The guy in the back corner
March 2014
By:
Dennis S.
| Lakeport, California
He was a man of few words, but when he spoke someone up front listened
A Place in the World
March 2014
By:
Vergil S.
| Warsaw
Living in a predominately white country overseas, an African American man discovers that he can feel at home in an AA meeting anywhere
Sterling's Son
November 2013
After getting sober in AA, he was able to become the son he always had wanted to be
Diagnosis: fear, cure: action
June 2013
By:
Karen A.
| New York, New York
How a service job she didn't want helped her get past her fear of hospitals
Cycle Buddies
June 2012
By:
David C.
| Jonesborough, Tennessee
A spur-of-the-moment trip to Akron with a few surprises was just the medicine this alcoholic needed
Serenade
October 2002
By:
Tony S.
| Naples, Florida
Friends singing the old AA refrains brought him through his darkest hours
