Making Do With the Human Race
March 1983
By:
B. M.
| Saratoga, California
Can we ever find our "own sort" of people?
A Painful Resentment
February 1982
By:
B. G.
| Fort Worth, Texas
Bitterness from an old hurt caused pain--even after fifteen years of sobriety
Learning to Listen
March 1979
By:
R. O.
| Seattle, Washington
His cry for help was his moment of truth
Making the Big Book Come Alive
September 1976
By:
Jim H.
| Lewiston, Idaho
How it works in the life of one family
Absolutely Positive
June 1975
By:
The Rev. D. M.
| Davao City
Not drinking was one of the "absolutes" and he was positive about his drinking
Self-acceptance
June 1975
By:
Dick C.
| Brooklyn, New York
Through the Steps, we can learn to stop putting ourselves down
Loving Detachment
August 1974
By:
J. D.
| Poughkeepsie, New York
We can help a lot more if we accept the fact that we are powerless over another alcoholic
Working Together Is Anything but Dull
March 1974
By:
Anonymous
| Billings, Montana
A do-it-yourself project to warm the hearts of all who understand
Twelve Steps and the Older Member
December 1955
By:
J. E.
| Bloomington, Indiana
Step Nine: Made direct amends to such people whenever possible except when to do so would injure them or others
San Francisco
February 1952
So Worth It
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
B.B.
| Mississauga, Ontario
A member in Canada shares his long wonderful story of relationships, sponsors and living the good life
Taught me to love
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
By:
Lisa C.
| Portland, Oregon
A homecoming queen, brought down by liquor, reconnects with her family and learns to live again
Live Easy but Think First
March 2015
By:
Scott W.
| Kearney, Nebraska
When he wonders why his life is so much better now, all he has to do is look up at his meeting wall
Down by the river
February 2015
By:
Anonymous
The biggest lesson he learned on that boat was not the one he expected.
Those Cornhusker Blues
April 2014
By:
Mel B.
| Toledo, Ohio
Sitting in a hotel room in downtown Lincoln, he found himself ruminating on some experiences from decades before