So Changed a Life
November 1999
By:
C.F.
| Manhattan, New York
The author of "Fear of Fear" updated her story. - From the September 1968 Grapevine
Autonomy Is Not an Excuse
April 1998
By:
Mickey H.
| Springville, Utah
Tradition Four - Each group should be autonomous except in matters affecting other groups or AA as a whole.
Staying Open to Change
April 1994
By:
Ed C.
| Lima, Ohio
This AA says we need to feel free to look into "every dark cranny of the past" in order to understand ourselves
Tradition Three
March 1992
By:
Bill W.
The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking. - from the February 1948 Grapevine
A Life I Didn’t Know I Wanted
February 2025
| Longtimers
By:
Martin D.
| Bend, Oregon
Because of a gravel-voiced detox nurse in 1975, he gets to explore this wide wonderful world sober, with joy
One breath at a time
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
By:
David S.
| New York, N.Y.
Acceptance, peace, patience and gratitude... a longtimer shares about the gifts of prayer and meditation
This is the door you're looking for
October 2018
By:
Lori U.
| Portland, Oregon
She may not have been raised to end up on skid row, but she sure found her hope there
Strangers in the night
August 2016
One chilly, wet Friday evening in Independence, a lonely meeting chair learns the importance of making some coffee
Better Luck Next Time
May 2015
By:
Arnold R.
| Baltimore, Maryland
Just when we think we’re right, the Concepts remind us what’s important
Web Exclusive: The Homely Truth
August 2011
By:
Bob L.
| Woodstock, New York
A member sets out to tell his story without trying to make it more interesting and entertaining than it really was
Help
April 2011
By:
Marcia J.
| Phoenix, Arizona
It can feel like the dirtiest four-letter word in the English language
Sober After 60: Chasing Sleep
January 2008
By:
Liz H.
| Newbern, Tennessee
Alcoholism emerges later in life
Ugly Men and Drink!
January 1999
By:
Heather
| Teddington
From <emphasis type="italic">Share</emphasis>, May 1998
Ready, Set, Let Go!
June 1989
By:
Anonymous
| Spokane, Washington
Step 6 - Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
A Program of Action
March 1989
By:
J. L.
| El Granada, California
Step Three - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
As Different As We Choose to Be
May 1984
By:
D.G.
| Huntington Beach, California
Four presentations from the 33rd General Service Conference of Alcoholics Anonymous, April 1983
Let's Not Flaunt It!
September 1982
By:
W. H.
| Manhattan, New York
Tradition 12 - Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities