It Was All About Me
December 2011
By:
Don Mc.
| Standish, Maine
AA taught him not to take himself so seriously
My Crooked Steps
December 2011
By:
Joyce M.
| Marietta, Georgia
A sober woman keeps a reminder of what it used to be like
Game Over
September 2011
By:
Debbie M.
| Florence, Oregon
The blame game ended when her husband took his life
My Heart Is Heavy
July 2011
By:
Snow P.
Learning of the death of a former sponsor, a woman reflects upon her early days in AA
After the Crash
July 2011
By:
Sheila B.
| Taycheedah, Wisconsin
She confronted her disease head-on after a devastating collision
The Bottle on the Counter
July 2011
By:
Laurie H.
| Flint, Michigan
It beckoned, seductively trying to woo her back
EMBRACED BY LOVE
February 2010
By:
CASEY K.
| Sacramento, Calif.
A need for fellowship overrides a newcomer's fear of rejection
JUST SAY YES
January 2009
By:
James H.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
Taking the Friday night commitment kept this newcomer out of the bars
IN THE AFTERMATH
March 2008
By:
Vance G.
| Washington, D.C.
Faulty recollections and delayed gratitude after a fatal crash
Talkin' Me off the Ledge
October 2005
By:
Rebecca L.
| Los Angeles, California
It helps if you don't feed the beast
My Beautiful Blue Car
May 2004
By:
Kristen M.
| Waunakee, Wisconsin
It proved that she was really going places--didn't it?
The Pleasures of Reading
November 1946
By:
Bob D.
| Garden City, Long Island, New York
PRAYER: The Mightiest Force in the World, by Frank C. Laubach, M.A., Ph.D., D.D. (Fleming H. Revell Co. $1.25)
Keeping my place
August 2017
By:
Michael C.
| Mason, Michigan
Thanks to his Big Book, a father in Michigan built a history in sobriety—sometimes with crayons
Back from the Brink
December 2013
Diagnosed with cirrhosis, he finally faced the truth about his drinking
The Only Faith You Need
February 2004
By:
Michael B.
| Atlanta, Georgia
An agnostic's adventure with the God thing
He Lived Only to Drink
December 2001
I had been preached to, analyzed, cursed, and counseled, but no one had ever said, 'I identify with what's going on with you. It happened to me and this is what I did about it.'
We Could Blow the Whole Thing
January 1979
By:
R. S.
| Queens, New York
What if suddenly there was no AA? If, in some nightmare future, AA groups forgot all about the Twelve Traditions. . .