Around AA - Items of AA Information and Experience
August 1967
By:
The Editors
What Happened To 'What Happened to Joe'
Los Angeles
January 1952
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE "BIG BOOK" AND OPEN MINDED AS A BARN DOOR--THAT'S L.A.'s AA
Practice These Principles. . .
October 1994
Tradition Ten: <emphasis type="italic">Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy</emphasis>.
Practice These Principles. . .
October 1987
Tradition Ten: Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
Victor E.
July 1977
Freedom is sweet
July 2018
By:
Jim H.
| Zephyr Hills, Florida
He was way too cool for AA in prison, but the sober guys in the yard had something that got his attention
From Chalkboard to Shackles
March 2017
A respected middle-school teacher, admired wife, beloved mother finds herself in behind bars because of her drinking. Ironically, it’s there her freedom begins.
Ham on Wry
July 1992
In The Middle of the Boat
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By:
Valerie E.
| Corpus Christi, Texas
AA works in so many unexpected ways
A Place I Call Home
December 2024
| Remote Communities and Sober Holidays
By:
Sandra H.
| Hooper Bay, Alaska
Staying sober in her tiny Alaska village was tough, until one day the remote community folks’ plane came to town
Rough Days
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Chad P.
| St. Louis, Mo.
When life gets tough in sobriety, he remembers to lean into the Fellowship, speak up and keep his faith
Transferred
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Thomas D.
| Vista, California
A tragic event sends a Navy man on a journey to AA and faith
The Accident
July 2017
By:
Bill S.
His life began with tragedy and could have ended that way, but then the program intervened
The Perfect Scheme
May 2016
She became a GSR to find romance. She fell in love alright -- with the Fellowship
From Believer to Non-Believer
November 2014
By:
Bob S.
| Louisville, Kentucky
At around 8 years sober, he redefined his Higher Power
Poison Arrow
February 2012
By:
Anonymous
A young woman describes her toxic nine-year love affair with booze
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
September 2011
By:
Rochelle L.
| Portland, Oregon
A quarter of a century sober and they still don't talk about it
Don't forget the cookies
April 2010
By:
BRIAN K.
| St. Louis, Mo.
An AA who attends nearly every meeting in his area starts thinking about home groups
Tough love
March 2010
By:
MARCUS M.
| Everett, Wash
A police chief realizes his arrest is just what he needed
Willing to do the work
December 2009
By:
JASON Y.
| Vista, Calif.
A very young AA applies the principles in his quest for a better education