Quote July 11, 2014
“It should be the privilege, even the right, of each individual or group to handle anonymity as they wish ... Each individual will have to decide where he ought to draw the line -- how far he ought to carry the principle in his own affairs, how far he may go in dropping his own anonymity without injury to Alcoholics Anonymous as a whole.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1946 “A Tradition Born of Our Anonymity” The Language of the Heart
Through the Starting Gate
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By:
S.S.
| Bushkill, Pa.
She discovers gratitude—and strength in numbers—in the program
Lily, Our Friend
February 2021
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By:
Andy A.
| St. Peters, Mo.
As Andy and his buddy share love with a struggling home group member, her story keeps it mighty real
AA News
December 2020
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By:
David R.
| Garwood, N.J.
Seeds Blossoming on Every Continent
Early Shaky Days
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By:
P.J. L.
| Epping, New South Wales
Achieving sobriety with the help of long-remembered words of other alcoholics, he discovered he was no longer “terminally unique”
One book’s journey
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Julia D.
| Westfield, N.J.
The making of the book Our Great Responsibility: A Selection of Bill W.’s General Service Conference Talks (1951-1970)
The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Debra B.
| Fontana, Calif.
Having to drink her coffee through a straw didn’t mean she was alcoholic. Did it?
Sisters
December 2017
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First one sister, than another, and yet another, experienced the miracle of recovery in the rooms of AA
The corner
August 2017
By:
Chuck B.
| Hillsboro, New Mexico
The comfort he gave a deathrow prisoner for a crime committed in a blackout changed his life forever
The Solitary
June 2017
By:
Fred C.
| Ogden, Utah
All his drinking buddies had died or drifted away, and he was left sipping pint bottles in secret in his car. But then AA brought him a new and better way of life
You're in for a Ride
July 2016
With jobs, family, relationships, he always ran out of gas. But now that he's sober, his life has really hit the road
Middle of the Herd
November 2015
On a remote Alaska road, he got a big scare that turned out to be HP’s Thanksgiving gift
Hit the road
January 2015
By:
Mike G.
| Delray Beach, Florida
Three young sober guys cross the U.S. in 50 days—with lots of AA coffee
The 19th Hole
January 2012
By:
Donna G.
| Rochester Hills, Michigan
Drinking killed her golf career but not her joy for life
Getting Past the Denial
July 2011
By:
Donna M.
Seeing her best friend get sober, she could no longer pretend that her drinking wasn't a problem
Looking for Peace
April 2016
For years and years he searched for the one thing he finally found in AA
Beyond the Badge
March 2016
After years of stress and alcohol abuse, she left the force, but not her dedication to service
Two-fisted Drinker
March 2013
By:
Ken L.
| Knoxville, Tennessee
After years of pounding back beers, a good soldier becomes a hopeless closet drunk
An Unmade Bed
April 2011
By:
Jeanne R.
| Monaca, Pennsylvania
Sometimes a slip starts in the subtlest ways
Life, Unlimited
September 2007
By:
Diana C.
| Oceanside, California
A teenager reaps rewards of sobriety
Report on the 54th General Service Conference
September 2004
The Great Reality Within
April 2003
By:
Guy H.
| Los Angeles, California
For a would-be suicide, the search for peace began with despair
Stepping Into the Sunlight
November 1989
By:
E. K.
| La Canada, California
Step Eleven - Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.