Autonomy Is Not an Excuse
April 1998
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
Tradition Four - Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Greatest Sponsor of Them All?
January 1996
By:
Patricia W.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tradition Twelve
December 1992
By:
Bill W.
Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities. (from the November 1948 Grapevine)
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
May 1946
By:
John G.
| Bayside, New York
It Can Happen Here
The Boy and the Man
March 1971
Coming Home
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By:
Denise P.
| West Milford, N.J.
She became one of the “old friends” she saw at her home group when she first arrived
Just Like Dad
March 2026
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By:
Geoff C.
| Vancouver, British Columbia
As a kid, he and his sober father were buddies. But once he started drinking everything changed
Body & Soul
February 2026
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By:
Jonathan R.
| Boulder, Colorado
He didn’t even particularly like to get massages. But this trip to the spa changed his life forever
Just like dad
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Jake G.
| Leander, Texas
The alcoholic “monster” he tried so hard not to become was the person he turned to for help
Through the Starting Gate
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By:
S.S.
| Bushkill, Pa.
She discovers gratitude—and strength in numbers—in the program
A Long Recovery After A Long Relapse
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By:
Daniel P.
| Vancouver, Wash.
Twenty years of drinking left him literally scarred, but active recovery brought him to peaceful sobriety and a chance to journey around the world
Good Reasons
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By:
Greg A.
| Carlsbad, Calif.
It took an especially awful Fourth of July to make him realize he really was “that bad”