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
Red Sea Challenges
January 2012
By:
Wayne G.
| Augusta, Georgia
A family tragedy brought this man into sobriety and a new life
Changing the Scenery
January 2012
By:
Michelle B.
| Florida
A newcomer learns that sobriety is an internal journey
Not Ready!
December 2011
By:
Marcy C.
| Grand Junction, Colorado
At her first holiday party, a newcomer finds it tough to be surrounded by booze
After the Fire
September 2011
By:
A.B.
| Orick, California
Upon completing a Fifth Step, a member experiences a powerful connection with her higher power
The angel at the table
March 2011
By:
Bob R.
| Shelburne, Vermont
Twenty-five years later he’s still passing on what a mysterious stranger offered him
Whatever It Takes
December 2008
By:
Lori T.
| Grand Prairie, Texas
A performance artist makes the time to help a fellow drunk
Young People Smash the Delusion
October 2008
Oklahoma City plays host to ICYPAA's 50th birthday bash
Waiting For The Serenity Train
April 2007
By:
Chris I.
| Los Angeles, California
Another day in the life of an alcoholic
Through A Daughter's Eyes
July 2006
By:
Chelsea Y.
| Ottawa, Illinois
Forgiving an alcoholic father with love
The Pleasures of Reading
November 1946
By:
Bob D.
| Garden City, Long Island, New York
PRAYER: The Mightiest Force in the World, by Frank C. Laubach, M.A., Ph.D., D.D. (Fleming H. Revell Co. $1.25)
Safe Landing
August 2023
| AA in the Military
By:
Anonymous
| Peterborough, Ontario
This Canadian officer thought going to AA would end his Air Force career. Instead, his life took flight
Dreams and waterfalls
September 2017
By:
Anonymous
He was once so drunk, he couldn’t leave his dorm room. Now he’s seeing the world
A Student of Alcoholics Anonymous
August 2017
By:
Kate W.
| Roswell, Ga.
After she graduated from college, she became a student learning a new way of life—one without alcohol
Highland Sobriety
May 2005
By:
Jim B.
| Glasgow
Over the hills and far away, there is still the hand of AA