Liquid gratitude
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Anonymous
Sometimes we don’t need to understand or explain our belief in a Higher Power—we just feel it
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
November 1980
By:
New York Times
The Public Drunk--Slow Progress
Glad to be Here
September 2025
| Stories of Gratitude
By:
J.W.
| Johnston, Iowa
AA taught him how to stop making a mess of his life and learn to be a friend to himself and others
Going Places
July 2024
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Jim H.
| Dupont, Washington
An Air Force vet shares tales of early sobriety, going to conventions and the love of his group back home
A word in edgewise
February 2018
| Title Goes Here
By:
Chris W.
| Virginia
When we’re taking a group conscience, Tradition Two helps us remember to take the time and let God in
Better Than a Pink Cloud
November 2015
The one she had in early sobriety floated away, but now she has so much more
Party Time
January 2013
By:
Shannon D.
| Anchorage, Alaska
How a sober teen got through graduations, dances, weddings and deaths
Seven Miles High
April 2012
By:
Tom F.
| Fort Bragg, California
Daily drinking on a dangerous road got him a DUI and an introduction to AA
Designated Driver
November 2011
By:
Nathalie H.
| Sacramento, California
The concert was all in good fun—until their car went off the cliff
God's Confetti
July 2011
By:
John M.
| Monroe, Connecticut
A sudden flutter of butterflies provides this AA with a glimpse of the presence of his higher power
Third Time's a Charm
February 2009
By:
Lynn K.
| Minnetonka, Minnesota
After three marriages and decades of drinking, this AA finally surrenders
An Electricity That Comes From Sharing
May 1989
By:
Bernie B.
| New York, New York
The second in a series of interviews with some of AA's "old-timers
Who Am I Really?
After a lifetime of pretending to be somebody else, the Steps helped her accept herself
Grateful to Be an Alcoholic? Not Me
November 2005
By:
Gregory F.
| Henderson, Nevada
An AA draws the line between an alcoholic who is in recovery and one who is not
A Power Greater Than Compulsion
May 1992
By:
Norm W.
| Magalia, California
Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism.
The Logician
After trying to fix his drinking with his own problem solving abilities, he realized that AA was the answer
First Steps Out of Agnosticism
April 1968
By:
D. B.
| Texas
He had failed himself as his own god; now where should he look for meaning?
Online Sobriety
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Barb C.
| Endicott, N.Y.
She hated computers, but finding AA online forums gave her the courage to return to the program after a long relapse
Why Be Organized?
September 2017
By:
Robert P.
| Amity, Oregon
A conversation with the coffee crew reminds this “elder statesman” why AA is set up the way it is
Another Human Being
May 2012
By:
J.M.
| Oceanside, New York
Metal bars couldn't stop the Fifth Step from freeing this man's new friend
Room Service
March 2012
By:
W.F.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A lonely, drunken night in a hotel sends a woman onto her laptop—and a new life
The Cpc Desk
May 2006
A staff member at the General Service Office talks about working with professionals