Soldier of misfortune
December 2010
By:
JOHN S.
| Fresno, Calif.
Vietnam and caring for a handicapped child were nothing next to the wrath of John Barleycorn
Celebrities Are People, Too!
October 1974
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
When the help of AA is needed, let us try to remember that
An AA Story
Web Exclusives
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By:
Anonymous
From despair in rural Massachusetts to a fulfilling life in Paris – a story of letting go and taking responsibility
This Is The Beginning Of The Rest of My Life…Right?
November 2017
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By:
Melanie P.
| Lachute, Québec
A newcomer wants to hide at her first AA meeting, until she is surrounded by welcoming women who make sure that she is okay
Crossroads
June 2017
By:
Christine W.
She went to an open meeting to check AA out and discovered an elderly lady whose powerful story had a profound impact on her life.
After A Relapse, Hope
June 2017
The voice of AA never left her, even as she hit bottom late one night in her fourth—and last—treatment center
Ready, Set, Go
October 2014
By:
Dee D.
| Glen Mills, Pennsylvania
At four years sober, she’s learned to apply the slogans that helped save her life to a sport that gives her joy
Letter from Chiang Mai
September 2014
By:
—Bill W.
| Chiang Mai,
In sobriety, he got a new inner life and followed his dreams across the globe
Web Exclusive: I Choose Not to Drink
December 2011
By:
Gary C.
| Yakima, Washington
The Third Tradition's concept of a desire to stop drinking kept him sober one day at a time for 35 years
The Portals Of Service
September 2006
By:
Phyllis H.
| Olympia, Washington
A 2006 Conference presentation - The first in a series of articles on the topic of self-support
Riot at Winkley Institute
November 1969
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
Our exclusive inside story of the recent student unrest and campus demonstrations at the famous institute for alcohol studies
Don't Lose Everything
August 1961
By:
M. A. E.
| Wyckoff, New Jersey
You need not if, like this young wife, you diagnose the disease in its first stages
Alcohol And My Health
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By:
Donna M.
| Littleton, Colo.
The discovery of a brain tumor was a devastating blow—but one that got her sober
Traumatic Recovery
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By:
Bonnie J.
| Billings, MT.
“Hijacked” by alcohol for most of her life, she had found “an entire psychic change” in AA
Despair Vanquished
October 1997
By:
Chris R.
| Sunbury, Pennsylvania
At a time of deep sadness, this AA didn't have to be alone
Tradition Two: When They Kept It Simple
February 2006
By:
C.M.
| Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Serenity was restored
The Twelve Steps and the Older Member
August 1954
By:
J. E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step One<lbFirst in a series of articles to be published from time to time on the meaning of the Twelve Steps to one member after several years' sobriety.
Powerlessness
June 2011
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
August 1983
By:
AP
Highway Combat