Life Is A Journey
June 2017
By:
Donald J.
| Pittsburgh, Pa.
His race to the finish line led him deeper into alcoholism. Getting sober taught him to take it one step at a time.
A small dry leaf
April 2009
By:
Svetlana S.
| Rostov-on-Don, Russia
A Russian woman discovers service . . . or does it discover her?
A Letter from Santa Claus
December 1970
From a Distance
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
By:
D.J.B.
| Wyckoff, N.J.
As the COVID crisis continues, she’s more determined than ever to help reach out any way she can
4 Continents, 1 Great Summer
January 2013
Making new friends on a whirlwind trip of YPAA conventions
ON THE ROAD
May 2009
By:
DON G.,
| Temple, Texas
Wherever he goes, a traveler finds home in the Fellowship of AA
Activity
May 1973
By:
Ross W.
| San Francisco, California
With so much going on, who has time to take that first drink?
Grand Ideas
june 2026
| Young & Sober
By:
Jimmy C.
| Peculiar, Missouri
A member shares how Tradition Six helped him stop trying to fix AA and get a new perspective on money, property and prestige
Amends on the 50-yard line
November 2009
By:
TOM S.
| Kansas City, Mo.
A humiliating public episode on a football field and its aftermath are a father's wake-up call
Built on Rock
September 2011
By:
B.B.
| St. Louis, Missouri
He learned that a strong belief in a higher power was the foundation he needed to stay sober
In the Palm of My Hand
March 2004
By:
Chris F.
| Ottawa, Ontario
His lifelines chart two different paths--one to recovery, one to a ruined body in a doorway
Ham on Wry
February 1988
Breaking Through the Denial
January 2014
By:
M.E.
| Rocky Hill, New Jersey
It took several false starts in AA before he understood powerless