Not Just Another Bender
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By:
Diana G.
| Woodland Hills, Calif.
After a painful drinking career, she discovered an “ordinary, yet extraordinary” life in AA
One for Mom and one for Harv
July 2016
A family passes down the gratitude for all Alcoholics Anonymous has given them.
Better In Another Way
September 1975
By:
S. M.
| Lawrence, Massachusetts
The changes didn't come where she thought they would
What Have You Got To Lose?
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By:
Mary C.
| Orinda, Calif.
AA was better than nothing before it turned out to be better than everything.
What's The Worst That Could Happen?
February 2007
By:
John A.
| Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
And is it worth a drink?
Bad Girls Club
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Cerina B.
| Ada, Oklahoma
After tragic losses and a 20 year sentence, she took what she learned in rehab and got to work helping the women inside
Scaling the Heights
August 2008
By:
D.J.
| Berkeley, California
Sharing sobriety and fellowship on an Alaskan glacier
For Beginners
May 1959
By:
Anon.
| Akron, Ohio
The following article, though not Intended by the author for publication under the "For Beginners" heading, was considered by the Editors as appropriate for that Department. As with other signed articles, it represents solely the author's personal opinion
My Home Group
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By:
Rob. C.
| Birdsboro, PA
The perfect home group? This AA discovered it the first time he stepped into a meeting
The Days of Discontent
Although she was professionally successful, her life was unhappy as she continued to drink
Filling the Vacancy
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By:
Lisa D.
| Palmyra, Va.
Staring into the mirror after decades of drinking, she discovered a person she did not recognize
Purpose and Meaning
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By:
Stephanie S.
| Bend, Ore.
After a journey through alcoholism that almost killed her, she recovered with the help of the Steps and the Big Book
A Tree, A Car, A Man ... and God
June 2011
By:
Chris
| Michigan
His sober journey began one night behind the wheel of a car at the end of the road
Look at the record
August 1966
By:
W. B.
| Pennsylvania
An article for newcomers by a newcomer, with insights into the difficulties of ego-deflation
Before we are halfway through
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Sam Marie E.
| Atlanta, Georgia
A member takes us on a long, wonderful journey as she makes her Ninth Step amends and clears a path to freedom
I Found My God in Perryville Prison
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By:
Kirsten M.
She found “the possibility of a God I could trust” in the unlikeliest of places
A white towel experience
May 2009
By:
STEPHANIE B.
| Ames, Iowa
A 19-year-old gets the message during a hallucination
