Let the Ball Drop!
December 2012
By:
Bill D.
| Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
How one sober alcoholic learned to have a blast on the final night of the year
A Strong, Independent Woman
October 2012
By:
Anonymous
She tried her best to not be like Dad, but alcohol was calling the shots
Weapons Down
May 2012
By:
Oliver G.
| Concord, California
He joined the marines to drink and fight, but came to AA to surrender
Screen Saver
March 2012
By:
Ollie O.
| Canberra
A meeting in Australia uses technology to bring the world of AA into their room
From Princess to Pickle
February 2012
By:
Joan L.
| Gloucester, Massachusetts
The marriage was going OK until the booze took her away
Web Exclusive: Someone to Watch Over Me
January 2012
By:
Christina N.
| Carlsbad, California
A member considers the vulnerability of young people in the rooms
At the Crossroads of My Alcoholism
July 2011
By:
Gary C.
| Woodstown, New Jersey
He had reached that place where he couldn't imagine life with alcohol, nor life without it
Mommy drunkest
April 2011
By:
S.E.B.
| East Hawkesbury, Ontario
A young mother gets a sober second shot at raising her children
Hot fudge sobriety
January 2011
By:
Snow P.
| Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
The road back to normal is not always straight
LOIS REMEMBERS
November 2009
By:
Lois W.
Bill's wife recalls when he and she and the first AAs were very young
Amends on the 50-yard line
November 2009
By:
TOM S.
| Kansas City, Mo.
A humiliating public episode on a football field and its aftermath are a father's wake-up call
FINDING MY WAY
April 2009
By:
Scott W.
| Kearney, Nebraska
AA and Buddhism make a potent mix for a man on the edge
Road to Belief
June 2008
By:
Carl R.
| Elizabeth Township, Pennsylvania
A simple prayer of thanks paves the way to peace
Living the Steps
December 1978
By:
S. M.
| Joliet, Illinois
Self-acceptance was only one of many rewards he found in working and reworking the Steps
They Brought a Meeting to My Madhouse
April 1975
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
A stirring plea for more interest and more hard work in institutions
I Can't Wear Two Hats'
October 1974
By:
S. M.
| Safford, Arizona
Trying to run the show for another alcoholic is too much of an ego trip
The Cage
July 1971
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
From the year 1990 comes a horror story for our time
My Parents: AA
May 1961
By:
C. A.
| Los Angeles, California
How the Fellowship represents the "ideal" family relationship
A. A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
October 1946
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
September 1944
Along the Metropolitan Circuit
August 1944
Carrying the Message in 'Fifty-five
July 1980
By:
Bill W.
From a talk at a New York AA meeting during the twenty-first year of AA's existence - Part 1 of a two-part article