Web Exclusive: They Told Me: "To Drink is to Die"
June 2011
By:
Cahlen H.
| Idaho
A young member from a family devasted by the effects of alcoholism finds her way to AA.
Crossing the Threshold
January 1989
By:
Richard K.
| New York, New York
Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol--that our lives had become unmanageable
More Is Not Necessarily Better
May 1977
By:
C. C.
| North Hollywood, California
When we're happy, we're the happiest; when we're sad, we're the saddest. If one is good, two are better. We are the "excessive" people
To Be Always Teachable
December 1975
By:
Abraham J. Twerski, MD
Denial is no less foolish after ten years of sobriety than before day one
From the Cave of the Fallen Angels
March 1975
By:
E. S.
| Manhattan, New York
The words and the phrases may vary from time to time, but the basic message of the AA experience goes on unchanged
1st Step
January 1970
By:
B. L.
| Manhattan, New York
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol. . .that our lives had become unmanageable.
A For Attitude A For Action
June 1964
By:
B. N. MacA.
| Manhattan, New York
Working the Steps, I change: my life changes
Coming Home
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By:
Denise P.
| West Milford, N.J.
She became one of the “old friends” she saw at her home group when she first arrived
Story Archive: A Bunch of Phonies
April 2011
By:
R. R.
| Chicago Ridge, Illinois
He found hope and learned willingness
Ordinary hero
November 2016
When it comes to going to any lengths, she’s reminded that she’s just another drunk
The False Sea
November 2015
He had to concede that his drinking wasn't just part of the fisherman lifestyle
The angel at the table
March 2011
By:
Bob R.
| Shelburne, Vermont
Twenty-five years later he’s still passing on what a mysterious stranger offered him
Using Tradition Three within the AA Fellowship
March 2004
By:
Linda W.
| Libertyville, Illinois
Is it possible to help someone who doesn't have a problem with alcohol?
When Your House of Cards Collapses
March 1984
By:
K. W.
| Fairborn, Ohio
. . . pick up the tools of the program
Better In Another Way
September 1975
By:
S. M.
| Lawrence, Massachusetts
The changes didn't come where she thought they would
Mail Call for All A. A.s at Home Or Abroad
February 1947
By:
F.W.
| Scranton, Pennsylvania
A Newcomer Looks at A.A.