The Perfect weekend
October 2010
By:
MEL B.
| Toledo, Ohio
After 60 years in AA, an old-timer reflects back to the first convention
Laughing in the face of death
September 2009
By:
BELLE M.
| Ocean Springs, Miss.
A 70-year-old accepts her health problems as part of the plan
A Prisoner Of My Own Universe
January 2006
By:
Sheryl M.
| Boca Raton, Florida
Her only escape was alcohol
Three Graces
December 2005
By:
Melody V.
| Boulder, Colorado
A family in the throes of this deadly disease
Does Daddy Know?
September 2005
By:
Megan K.
| Destin, Florida
Her father was a military policeman. He'd be furious if he found out what she was doing.
A Remarkable Sensation
March 1997
By:
Trebbe J.
| Thompson, Pennsylvania
Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
Some Never Make It
April 1996
By:
L.S.
| Bowie, Maryland
A child lives with the pain of a father who couldn't stop drinking
Professor Winkley Invents the Pill
November 1976
By:
R. Z.
Winkley's AA friend is supposed to be the first to try it, but he doesn't after all. . . - From the July 1967 Grapevine
The Nipping Nimrods
December 1974
By:
J. G. T.
| Negaunee, Michigan
Hunters who drink or drinkers who hunt oft lead a merry chase
Counsel for the Prosecutor
March 1970
By:
W. H.
| Sarnia, Ontario
Was it divine law that brought this lawyer through to grateful sobriety?
Professor Winkley Invents the Pill
July 1967
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
Winkley's AA friend is supposed to be the first to try it, but he doesn't after all. . .
Interview With Bob S., Jr.
September 2001
From Winnipeg to Nashville
August 2014
By:
Jamez P.
| Scottsdale, Arizona
On his travels, he saw many different traditions at meetings
Wouldn’t be anywhere else
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
By:
Tim P.
| Longville, Minn.
Kindness, love, large-print books and donuts. You can’t ask for anything more
A New Set of Eyes
September 2018
By:
Richelle L.
| Export, Pa.
A meditation on seeing the world with the spiritual pair of glasses provided by AA
Land Of The Retired Party Girls
February 2007
By:
Maryanne M.
| St. Louis, Missouri
Where's the good time?
Not Just Locked up and Forgotten
July 1978
By:
R. M.
| Bay City, Michigan
In this section, six AAs--inside and out--share experiences of how the program works in prisons
The Example of Love
May 1966
By:
D. McF.
| Los Angeles, California
What is this thing called Love, and what does it mean to a defeated alcoholic?