Sober Routines
March 2011
By:
Cindy L.
| Akron, Ohio
Her sponsor had some suggestions for how to deal with challenging times in sobriety
My Dream Trip
August 2002
By:
Minerva F.
| Bronx, New York
A teenager's first brush with AA and Bill W.
Women Alcoholics Have a Tougher Fight
July 1964
By:
Marty M.
| Manhattan, New York
How this fact offers an exceptional opportunity to women members of AA
New York Revisited
May 1958
By:
Anon
| Washington, D. C.
THE GEOGRAPHIC CURE, I have been told countless times though I was never the one to try it, never works. . . .
Is Public Controversy Ever Justified?
January 1977
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
What should we do when outside theories conflict with AA experience?
The Glass Palace
July 2017
By:
Sharat S.
| India
God has his own way of distributing gifts to those who ask for them—this alcoholic did not know he was even in the queue until his Higher Power intervened
Keeping Spiritually Fit
March 2012
By:
Gabriela R.
| Lynnwood, Washington
An AA reflects on some of the teachings of the Big Book
First Regional Conference of AA Prison Groups - A Grapevine Milestone Report
July 1952
AA can be greatest weapon ever known to keep alcoholics from returning to prison
The First Time
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By:
Robert S.
| Charlottesville, Va.
As a beginner, facing his desire to drink taught him a sobriety-long lesson
Old Faithful
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Tammie E.
| Utica, New York
The book that just collected dust for months one day became the most important thing in her life
Return to sender
September 2023
| Young & Sober
By:
Joseph S.
| Reno, Nevada
With a little help from his sponsor, the Big Book and the U.S. mail, he finally took the action to heal the past with his dad
See? I’m not an Alcoholic!
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
By:
David R.
| Fillmore, Utah
He wasn’t about to stop drinking. Then one day a sober Navy buddy put him to the test
Maybe I Am One
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By:
Thomas W.
| Avon, Ind.
Even as a hard-drinking cop he thought he had escaped the “plague” that ran in his family. It took AA to show him he hadn’t
My Curious Journey Into Service
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By:
Anonymous
| Patchogue, N.Y.
Once he understood the true meaning of service, “beyond my wildest dreams” was no just a phrase to him
Another chance
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
By:
Anonymous
| Phoenix, Ariz.
An old-timer recalls how AA helped him grieve and gave him the opportunity to give the kind of love a dad can give
Full sprectrum
May 2017
By:
Terry Bedient, Fache
| Albany, New York
A recent chair of the General Service Board shares his thoughts about diversity
They Got To See the Best of Me
September 2015
Because of technology, her wish to go back and help the women at her former prison was about to hit the big screen
Cruising for a Boozing
October 2013
By:
Alex M.
| Louisville, Kentucky
A very nervous day counter learns quickly how to sail straight on the high seas
Step Eleven: The Practice Of Letting Go
November 2007
By:
Anonymous
| California
Tools to find peace