To Rest Assured
February 1964
By:
M. C.
| North Hollywood, California
Even in facing the darker realities of self
Both Sides of the Fence
July 2012
By:
Christian & Pat A.
One's in, one's out -- but both share the same solution
AA and the Religion Turnoff
September 1977
By:
J. W.
| Manhattan, New York
Does our image of religiosity scare off too many suffering alcoholics?
Life Beyond My Wildest Dreams
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By:
Laura M.
| Palm Harbor, Fla.
She stayed on her pink cloud for decades with the help of God and AA
My First Year Journey
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By:
Robert B.
| Newtown Square, Pa.
Looking back on the year that transformed his life
The Spectrum of Belief
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Heybridge, Essex
The freedom of belief the program embraces has kept this agnostic sober for over three decades
Spaghetti legs
August 2018
By:
Anonymous
| Haskell, Oklahoma
Dancing, camping, bowling and water-skiing! His life was definitely not over
My Ears Opened, but My Mind Shut
March 1995
By:
George P.
| Pakenham, Ontario
STEP 3: Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Greeter? What’s a Greeter?
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
Patti M.
| Ellicott, Md.
Setting up chairs? Putting out the books? She’s thrilled to be sober, but what’s everyone talking about?
A Letter from Santa Claus
December 1970
A Dark and Lonely Companion
February 1998
By:
Pat T.
| Houston, Texas
This AA learned how to cope with grief
Naked before my creator
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Doug R.
| Los Angeles, California
One member strips the Fifth Step down to this: If we don’t do this vital Step, we might go back to drinking
Generations
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By:
Robert M.
| Naples, FL
A chance encounter at an AA meeting brings closure to a decades-old tragedy
Giving It Away
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By:
Sheila F.
| Bloomington, Minn.
She was 22 years old, too tired to live, too scared to die. But then she found AA
Had enough?
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Patrick J.
| Alburquerque, New Mexico
He thought he had power over alcohol, until one day someone asked him a question that had only one answer
Leveled
September 2017
By:
Richard M.
| Dillon, Montana
In prison with 38 years sober, he hit a whole new bottom. Service was the way out
Crash Landing
March 2012
By:
Kevin R.
| Charleston, South Carolina
Drinking around the clock convinced him he was at Step One
River's Edge
January 2012
By:
Mary L.
| Auburndale, Florida
A desperate day on the Potomac was this drunken mom's moment of truth
A Sense of Peace
January 1981
By:
P. S.
| Bristol, Connecticut
When he surrendered all those feelings to God, he realized he had found