Whatever It Takes
December 2008
By:
Lori T.
| Grand Prairie, Texas
A performance artist makes the time to help a fellow drunk
Dr. Bob Bookshelf
March 2006
By:
Tom T.
| Cumberland, Rhode Island
Browsing through the Smith Collection at Brown University
You Are Not Alone
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
By:
Beth F.
| Iowa City, Ia
She had just planned on a quick stop in AA—but the service in the program became the beating heart of her life
Welcome back, sucker
April 2015
By:
Larry K.
| Manhasset, New York
After 11 years, he stopped going to meetings and an old friend returned
Web Exclusive: A Place Called Home
October 2011
By:
Timothy D.
| Baldwin City, Kansas
While making a Ninth Step amends to his family, he learns that his father is a member of AA
The Write Stuff
August 1997
The General Service Office in New York receives a tremendous amount of mail on a wide range of topics relating to AA, alcoholism, public information, group problems, etc. But as the following exchange of letters shows, at the heart of this flood of inform
Moving Can Be Such Sweet Sorrow
June 1970
By:
N. C.
| Covina, California
She looked forward to adventure in new surroundings. But then homesickness struck!
Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
September 1969
Board Briefs - "Aggressive" Twelfth Step Work
Good Things Come
September 2014
By:
Kathy B.
| Kaneohe, Hawaii
With AA, a member in Hawaii weathers some storms and cruises into calmer waters
A Brother's Mission
October 2012
By:
Anonymous
A trip to the cemetery for a Ninth Step amend came with some beautiful surprises
Never Too Late for a Miracle
November 1997
By:
Herb R.
| Fresno, California
This alcoholic finally got sober after bouncing in and out of AA for thirty-nine years
We keep in touch
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Nancy S.
| Renton, Wash.
From pay phones to cassette tapes to virtual meetings, she’s still happily doing whatever it takes
Virtual Meetingland
July 2020
| AA Around The World
By:
Judith H.
| Lewisburg, Pa
Imagine if Bill and Dr. Bob could see us now? A member’s lifeline during a crisis is just a button away
What Is Humility?
April 1966
By:
J. R. K.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
It is the opposite of spiritual gluttony--it is teachability
Interview With the Author of "AA Taught Him to Handle Sobriety
September 1995
By:
BOB P.
Third in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories
An Evolving Desire
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
Jimmy C.
| Peculiar, Missouri
He wasn’t ready to stop drinking at first, but as he hung around and listened, things changed