Coffee Queen
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Fla.
Every Sunday, she takes in the love and tries not to spill, doing the best ever service job in all of AA
Relapse after 11 years
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Ahmed J.
| Coral Springs, Florida
From a Florida jail, a dad warns how pain meds and a weak program woke his sleeping lion
Coming Home
October 2017
By:
Kurt S.
| Farmington, Conn.
The death of a fellow veteran reminds one member of how AA helps combat his loneliness
The Best Part of the Evening
October 2017
By:
Megan M.
| Phoenix, Ariz.
With 26 days sober, it was her birthday and she had an emotional meeting with her parents. But a surprise was yet to come
The 13th Meeting
July 2017
By:
Ray W.
After a drunken-driving conviction, the court ordered him to go to 12 meetings. It took him eight years to make the 13th
I Used Every Tool I Had
February 2016
A fire destroyed everything she owned—but not her desire to stay sober
Circus Tricks
April 2015
By:
Gus O.
Whether working as a magician or a professor of mathematics, there was always one constant in his life
The Prayer I Needed Most
July 2014
By:
Anonymous
Confused and in trouble with the law, a newcomer recalls what helped him stay
Web Exclusive: I May Be On My Last Chance
July 2011
By:
Tim B.
| Alberta
He learned firsthand that not everyone gets a second chance to get sober
The Twelve and Twelve at Noon
May 2011
By:
Tom G.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
At lunchtime meetings, a member learns through the Twelve Steps to experience a sober circle of life
ANONYMITY on the internet
October 2010
By:
DAVE S.
| Cleveland, Ohio
Breaking a Tradition can happen on social networking sites, but it's easily prevented
Traditions Eleven: Self-promotion, Not Attraction
November 2006
By:
Michael F.
| Millington, New Jersey
On his first tour of AA duty, a drunk does it his way
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
November 1986
By:
The Big Issue
Just Say No
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
May 1986
By:
The Big Issue
Children of Alcoholics
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
April 1986
By:
Jeanne Wright
Courtroom Celebration
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
March 1986
By:
Pat Davies
Ignoring Alcoholics
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
February 1986
By:
Jill Evans
| Manchester
Toast of the Town
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
September 1985
By:
William Safire
A Drunk Is a Drunk
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
February 1985
By:
U.S. Journal
Is America Recovering?
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
July 1984
By:
U.S. Journal
New Look at Doctors and Drunks
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
February 1984
By:
Dee Dee Doke
| Salem, Oregon
No Laughing Matter
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
December 1983
By:
John Richardson
A State's 'Selfish' Aim
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research, and Treatment
October 1983
By:
John Ingalsbe
Alcohol Crowds Prisons
