Room 307
April 2017
By:
Faith L
| Polk City, Iowa
Alone and afraid, a young alcoholic enters a facility that will connect her to AA and a better life
I Remember You
April 2014
By:
Bill F.
| Bountiful, Utah
Although he got the chance to get sober, his old drinking buddy Rick never did
A Power Beyond the Mind
April 1972
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
The Steps were translated into terms that I, an atheist, could understand
I Slipped Back to Prison
July 1964
By:
Anonymous
| San Quentin
It has been about a month now since you went to your last AA meeting. . .you think you have it all figured out.
The Biggest Meeting of All
August 1955
By:
AE
CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS - <emphasis type="italic">AA's Twentieth Anniversary Celebration held in St. Louis July 1-2-3. For an account of its most solemn moment, see page 32--Ed. Note.</emphasis>
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
December 1944
How 14 groups grew to 22
November 2018
By:
Frank S.
| Los Angeles, California
In 1944, AA’s cofounder, Bill W., swings through California to lend a helping hand to the new group
Whom Do You Trust?
May 2003
By:
Bill A.
| Durham, North Carolina
Opening the door, one crack at a time
Whose Turf Are We On?
March 1986
By:
Anonymous
| Denver, Colorado
The following six articles highlight a much-discussed subject, with the hope that "the time for coming to rest on this issue is finally at hand.
Time to live
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
By:
Rachel H.W.
| London
Though she only drank for a few years, it was bad enough to stop early. And what a gift it is to enjoy a long, full, sober life
Becoming An Atheist Renewed my Faith in AA
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Kirk J.
| Ypsilanti, Mich.
He stopped believing in God—and started believing in the life AA had given him
Altered state
April 2016
By:
Bob W.,
| White Plains., N.Y.
Something was strange about this AA meeting he attended—and he was about to find out why
The Only Woman in Town
June 2014
By:
Diane W.
| Williams Lake, British Columbia
In the 1960s, the small-town meetings in Canada were a man’s game
Obstacle Course
October 2013
By:
Jill Maria M.
| West Bend, Wisconsin
Watch out for alcohol! Food can be tricky for the newly sober member
THERE CAN BE LOVE AND LAUGHTER
November 2010
By:
N. G.
| Neoga, Ill.
In the quiet of a tranquil cove, a woman decides to return to AA
The hoop gets bigger
June 2010
By:
PATRICK H.
| Bellevue, Wash.
A beginner feels doomed by his lack of faith