MY STORY
November 2009
By:
ANONYMOUS
| California
A member makes a connection by talking about her personal experience
One of the Birds
January 2009
By:
Suzy P.
| Upland, California
A former drinker, gambler, and womanizer talks about his fifty-nine years in AA
SUFFERING IS OPTIONAL
January 2008
By:
Felix C.
| Rockaway, New York
A member learns different survival skills behind the walls
Between A Bartender And A Bad-tempered Boss
December 2006
By:
Angela W.
Alone in a bar on her first AA anniversary
Tradition Eight: A Clear Distinction
August 2006
By:
Anonymous
A counselor celebrates the difference between work and recovery
Shortcut To Dreamland
February 2006
By:
Bert S.
| Morro Bay, California
From drawing board, to gutter, to AA
A Letter to My Son
February 2004
By:
Gerald H.
| Fullerton, California
Sometimes it's a process of "slowbriety," rather than sobriety
The Lonely Emergencies
December 2003
The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences. . ."<lbAlcoholics Anonymous
The Watering Hole
September 2002
By:
Stephen T.
| Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Even lions and zebras know that some places are sacred
A "Loner" at Sea
September 1948
Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad
December 1947
By:
A.A.
| Los Angeles, California
Making Amends
Group in Bronx
November 1946
A.A. and the Advertising Man
February 1946
Reprinted from <emphasis type="italic">Printers' Ink</emphasis>, Sept. 14, 1945
Glad I Made It
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Shari D.
| Peoria, Ill
She was going to Al-Anon for everyone else. Now it was time to look at herself
Sobriety Rocks
January 2015
By:
Jak L.
| Irwin, Pennsylvania
The blast he had at a concert with sober friends was the moment he was looking for
SCARED SOBER
June 2010
By:
PHILIP P.
| Sheffield, Mass.
Drinking to feel comfortable works—at least for a while
First the Bad News, Then the Good News
July 2003
By:
Joe D.
| Elko, Nevada
A radio man survives seventeen months in prison and five months back in life by doing the unthinkable: he asks for help