And the Livin' Is Easy. . .
August 1953
Mail Call for All A.A.s in the Armed Forces
July 1945
By:
John D.
| France
A Soldier Avoids That Fatal First Drink
A Vital And Living History
December 2006
The Independent Blonde
July 1991
This is the sixth in an intermittent series of personal stories which first appeared at the back of the first and second editions of the Big Book, <emphasis type="bold">Alcoholics Anonymous,</emphasis> but were later dropped from the third edition.<lbBy p
Getting Into Action
January 1980
By:
R. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
This AA found the joys of helping others
The Serenity Prayer
December 1972
By:
M. D. B.
| Toledo, Ohio
How one member applies it to his daily living
More Than a Job
July 2026
| Annual Prison Issue
By:
Anonymous
| Connecticut
One day at work this corrections officer found an AA pamphlet. That’s when everything changed
Tough Love
October 2022
| Relapse
By:
Lynne W.
| Billings, Mont.
The kindness kept her coming, but it was the members who told her the truth that saved her life
Seven nights a week
June 2018
By:
Derek R.
| Ottowa, Ontario
How a small group of AAs kept carrying the message until even holidays were covered
The Party
March 2018
By:
Chet R.
| Anchorage, Alaska
Newly sober, he was a bit nervous about going to a party where people would be drinking. But his AA friend showed him that, when the chips were down, sobriety is what counted
Bigger than me
January 2018
| Sponsorship
By:
Mary W.
| Oswego, Illinois
Some alcoholics in Illinois roll up their sleeves and rocket a Big Book conference into the fourth dimension
Security check
July 2017
By:
Beverly P.
| Kettering, Ohio
A call for help in a bar-filled airport brings a pleasant surprise and a safe flight home
A happy mending
April 2017
By:
Ilse G.
| Albuquerque, New Mexico
A disastrous start to an overseas trip was saved by some cheerful, service-loving Brits
The rowdiest, rockingest group
March 2017
By:
Gwyneth N.
| Saco, Maine
Who knew there’d be this much knee-slapping fun in the dingy basement of her local church?
God As I Had Never Known Him
October 1983
By:
P. M.
| Detroit, Michigan
A nun's story of personal renewal
Congratulations to Me
January 1982
By:
M. Q.
| Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A look at her assets helped raise her self-esteem
Benefits
May 1981
By:
J. C.
| Long Beach, California
The fringe benefits have been many; the major benefits, large and rewarding
Better Than Average?
January 1981
By:
M. B.
| Englewood, New Jersey
Was it so important to have to be
Insomnia
February 1976
By:
R. G.
| Fort Knox, Kentucky
If you can't sleep, maybe it's because you don't like what you would wake up to
AA Lingo
December 1974
By:
Ed. S.
| Needham, Massachusetts
It would seem we have a language all our own--the better to understand each other, we hope
Travel The AA Way
October 1974
By:
Anonymous
Some suggestions on seeing the world through sober eyes