It's the first car
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
By:
Sean N.
| Chicago, Illinois
Fresh off the out-of-control liquor train, he learned a valuable lesson: It’s not the caboose that flattens you
An Hp For The Present
July 2007
By:
Andrea J.
| Ypsilanti, Michigan
A new vision for a childhood God
Two Voices: One Story the Dad
March 2005
By:
Keith B.
| Southhold, New York
When shared genes lead to shared recovery
Metragoo and Old Vinegar
June 1962
By:
C. R. K.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Alkies substitute the strangest things
Truth
August 1973
By:
J. W.
| Key West, Florida
Do we remain captives of the lie when the truth can set us free?
Sentenced to Sobriety
January 2004
By:
Farris R.
| Springfield, Missouri
It took a lot more than prisons and lockdown wards to persuade him to stop drinking
The Millwright's Apprentice
September 2015
A lesson he received long before he got sober still resonates
“I’m an Alcoholic!”
November 2023
| Gratitude
By:
Howard P.
| New York, New York
He was thrilled to break his anonymity onstage and even to the press. What could possibly go wrong?
My own cup
March 2018
By:
Leslie Anne M.
| Antioch, California
More than 44 years ago, she walked in the door, picked up a mop and earned her place in the room
When Faith Helped Me Most
November 1952
By:
J. B.
| Los Angeles, California
I No Longer Feel Sorry For Myself
Supermom
July 2012
By:
Sandra M.
| Winnsboro, Texas
She took care of everyone else while alcohol took care of her
Twelve Steps and the Older Member
April 1955
By:
J. E.
| Bronxville, New York
Step Five: Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs
Go Mow the Lawn
October 2011
By:
Kitty B.
| Carmel, California
Once she grabbed the tools, she became the person she was meant to be
Old Thinking vs. New Thinking
January 2007
By:
Pamela D.
| Los Alamitos, California
A mother celebrates more than her AA anniversary
Planting Seeds
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Karen C.
| Oakland, Calif.
After years of hard work, a committee in Northern California starts a successful prison sponsorship program
Like a Frog in a Frying Pan
January 1978
By:
J. S.
| Pebble Beach, California
A psychological experiment of relevance to those of us who wait until things get too hot