Writing through the fear
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By:
Beth C.
| Duluth, Minn.
After a panicked exit from a Grapevine workshop, she pulled out some paper and went to work. Spot-check inventory to the rescue!
Sponsor shopping
September 2019
| Young & Sober
By:
Definitely Steve
| Nashville, Tennessee
After an exhausting trip down every aisle, a newcomer finds the right guy
Sliding Into Home
August 2018
By:
Anonymous
| Punta Gorda, Fla.
The feeling she has when she arrives at the safe haven of her morning home group is like scoring a run in the extended battle against alcoholism
Note the time
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Ilene M.
| Las Cruces, New Mexico
A member encounters a tricky situation while doing prison service.
One s’more at a time
August 2017
By:
Ellen D.
| Auburn, Maine
After a beautiful day on the Saco River, members trade shares and laughs by the fire. How’s that for adventure?
Back on Course
November 2011
By:
Lyle P.
| Stockbridge, Georgia
Booze takes a Native American pilot's wings away, but AA gives him back the sky
LIFE AND DEATH
October 2010
By:
KATHY S.
| Maryland
After an AA dies, his right to anonymity continues
Out Of Isolation
December 2006
By:
Larry L.
| Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
In a dark moment, someone answered his call
Which End of the Telescope?
January 1986
By:
D. W.
| Vallejo, California
We look at ourselves in different ways
The Fifth Step - More Ups than Downs
June 1974
By:
F. M.
| New Canaan, Connecticut
Learning to see the ridiculous in the things we are doing wrong
Island Adventure
On his first vacation in sobriety, strangers in the fellowship showed him how wonderful his life is because of AA.
So Changed a Life
September 1968
By:
C. F.
| Manhattan, New York
The author's story, "Fear of Fear," appears on page 330 of the revised edition of Alcoholics Anonymous, published in 1955. <lb Big Book Stories--Updated
Minority Report on the Fourth of July
July 1966
By:
Florence T.
| Crescent, Missouri
Firecrackers give her the leaps, and then there are those endless booze sessions. . .
A.A'.s Country-wide News Circuit
June 1945
Swimming With the Current
August 2025
| Atheist & Agnostic Members
By:
John K.
| Carleton, Ontario
To him, AA is a program of action, not belief. If we’re honest, kind and living in the love, we’re going the right way
So How Did I Get Here?
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
By:
Patrick J.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
What made him say yes to that kind AA man more than four decades ago? Ask his Higher Power
Every Day Counts
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
By:
Ray T.
| Ocala, Florida
His wife’s return from a relapse inspired him to recommit to AA just at the right time
Confessions of a Spreadsheet-Loving Nerd
March 2023
| Get Into Service
By:
Christina S.
| League City, Texas
She found the service she loves, and it keeps on giving back
A vision for service
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
By:
Anonymous
| The Chosen Spot, New York
Though her sight is often a challenge, her passion for giving back keeps growing
Should we say it?
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
By:
Carrie B.
| Bend, Oregon
A member who loves the Lord’s Prayer wonders if AA is the place to use it
Crossroads
June 2017
By:
Christine W.
She went to an open meeting to check AA out and discovered an elderly lady whose powerful story had a profound impact on her life.