Unwanted visitor
May 2017
By:
Corey B.
| Soledad, California
From his prison cell, a member writes about the harrowing drunken night he still can’t recall
I know, I’ve been There
December 2016
By:
Doug T.
| Wichita, Kansas
On a 12th Step call at a remote Kansas farm, three men learn that the language of the heart can come through a pen
Pray for land!
December 2016
By:
Jim B.
| Richardson, Texas
Stuck on a crazy boat for 10 days with no money and a dangerous captain—and no meetings in sight
“Give Me What I Need, Not What I Want!”
November 2016
Jobless and facing a Federal prison term, a sober man offers up a prayer to God—and is visited by an unlikely angel named Keith.
Listening for 50 years
September 2016
In 1965, an old-timer heard the bartender say last call. Five decades later, he’s still using his ears
Lightening the load
June 2016
With her sponsor showing the way, she unexpectedly becomes a caregiver and learns to take care of herself
Live Easy but Think First
March 2015
By:
Scott W.
| Kearney, Nebraska
When he wonders why his life is so much better now, all he has to do is look up at his meeting wall
Attica's Beacon
June 2014
By:
John L.
| Attica, New York
A prisoner finds his shining light in one of the longest-running prison groups in the nation
Letting Go in Florida
March 2014
By:
Jeanne R.
| Monaca, Pennsylvania
A sober mom learns all about powerlessness in a partyland by the sea
Trapped
December 2011
By:
Mike T.
| Fort Myers, Florida
After years of morning vodka, he finds a faith he always wanted
Soldier Down
October 2011
By:
David A.
| Kaiserslautern, Germany
German beer taught this sergeant who had the real power
Four Simple Words
October 2011
By:
Jim S.
| New Brighton, Pennsylvania
A cherished AA slogan comforts a newly sober husband after the loss of his wife
As Promised
September 2011
By:
Trey B.
| Macon, Georgia
Sometimes the truest amends are made instinctively
Early AA in the Cariboo Mountains
August 2011
By:
Buster H.
| British Columbia
A big game hunter accepts that he is powerless over alcohol and becomes the first member of AA in a remote area of British Columbia
Alcohol, The Greatest Disability of All
June 2011
By:
Russ K.
| Nampa, Idaho
He realized that living life as an alcoholic was a lot worse than living with the disability of having only one arm
