Hobby Becomes Career
October 1965
By:
T. C.
| Sainte Dorothee, Quebec
A new sober-time hobby came in handy when this AA lost his job
The Case of the Cryptic Note
January 1964
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego
Sherlock Holmes finds an open door--and a missing man
100 Men and a Woman
September 1962
By:
M. C.
| Jamestown, New York
The one woman member, in a town of 45,000, had her own set of difficulties--at first
A True Christmas Story
December 1954
By:
Reprinted by request from "The Eye-
| Long Beach, California
A Letter to Charley. . .
December 1952
By:
P. S. C.
| Alton, Illinois
recipe for a jolt. . .out of complacency
Pacific Provinces. . .
May 1951
I pay the bills around here
July 2017
By:
Michael M.
| New York, New York
How one group learns about the spirit of rotation and service as it struggles to make decisions about money and rent
The False Sea
November 2015
He had to concede that his drinking wasn't just part of the fisherman lifestyle
Lucky Pennies
September 2015
A old-timer recovering from surgery learns it might just be his time to get paid back
Creativity in Sobriety
June 2015
He thought that alcohol was enhancing his work, in fact it was blocking it
Jousting at the Windmills
October 2014
By:
Anonymous
| California
During his drinking years, he did the same things over and over again and couldn't understand why things just kept getting worse
The Day It Ended
March 2014
By:
Wayne M
| Brigantine, New Jersey
He reached his bottom while sitting in a psychiatrist's office with his wife and son
Letter from Finland
November 2013
After a childhood corroded by alcohol, she turned to it as an adult to dull the misery
A Song in My Heart
October 2013
By:
Peggy S.
| Belleville, New Jersey
Hearing "How It Works" when she was new was music for her soul
School Spirit
February 2013
By:
Deanna S.
| Atlanta, Georgia
Her search for faith took a happy turn on the San Diego freeway
20 Glorious Thanksgivings
November 2012
By:
Rick S.
| Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania
How AA stopped those drunken, lonely holidays and taught him to show up for life
My Child Heart
March 2012
By:
Snow P.
| Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
A failure to find the "right God" eventually led her to her best friend
Web Exclusive: Sober For a Second Time
January 2012
By:
Dick C.
| Anaheim, California
He had to reach a new level of surrender in order to truly get sober
The Program at Work
January 2012
By:
Marc D.
He turned the loss of his job into a new opportunity with the tools of AA