If It Works, Don’t Fix It
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Kim S.
| St. Paul, MN
“One Day at a Time” takes on new meaning when you are awaiting brain surgery
The Healing
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By:
Jonel J.
| Lantana, FL
Hopeless, lost---and healed
Alcohol, My Master
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By:
J. K.
| Madison, Wis.
Falling in love with life rather than alcohol
Reading & Healing
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
By:
Barbara Jean H.
| Pennington, New Jersey
Invaluable questions in the “Twelve and Twelve” helped repair a mom’s relationship with her daughter
The Man in Dakar
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Ruthie S.
| Lumberton, Texas
I jumped from my seat. I demanded that we didn’t need AA. I remember feeling embarrassed after my tirade because he just continued to speak politely.
Something had changed
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By:
Andy G.
| Saanichton, British Columbia
I felt amazing. I went for a long walk on the sea wall in Vancouver, skipping over park benches and talking continuously with my Higher Power.
New & Improved
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Matt M.
| Oak Park, Ill.
“Broken washer?” I would have wailed“Why me?” Then I would have had two beers, then two more since it was such a hard day. Actually, I would not have installed anything.
A Broken Arm and A New Home Group
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Dorothy W.
| Arcadia, Calif.
It was a bad break – but a good one, since it led her to the place she calls home
Not Part Of Our Plan
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By:
Elizabeth G. and Casey O.
| Sacramento, Calif.
When unexpected news arrived for an AA couple, the program was a life-saver
I Found Intimacy
May 2019
| Our Big Book–80 Wonderful Years
By:
Janet S.
A classic suburban picture: Great exterior, miserable interior, and plenty of drinking. It was either change her life or explode
62 years of showing up
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
By:
Ralph B.
| Seattle, Washington
Let's Continue to Stand Alone
November 1988
By:
Dick T.
| Cleveland, Ohio
From the July 1947 Grapevine
A Twelfth Step Call
October 1975
By:
P. W.
| Clearwater, Florida
It" was upstairs in a back bedroom, bleary-eyed and shaky
