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
Dear Grapevine
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
Dear Grapevine
September 2017
Dear Grapevine
October 2016
Dear Grapevine
October 2017
Lean Into It
March 2015
By:
Jenn H.
| Chicago, Illinois
A leap in the deep end and some AA tools helped her get past her lifelong fears
I Knew Joe
July 2003
By:
David P.
| Beverly Hills, California
Death and despair take a down-and-out rocker to the door of AA. A moment of grace brings him in
You'll Drive, Honey
July 2002
By:
Carol P.
| Brookline, Massachusetts
Almost anything is possible with a fellow alcoholic by your side
A Mother's Final Gift
December 2014
By:
Jamie A.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A newcomer reconnects with her dying mom and gets a little surprise in the mail
Sweet Goodbye at the Farm
January 2013
By:
Mary Carol R.
| Baltimore, Maryland
A sponsor learns the power of letting go by showing up for her sponsee