Web Exclusive: Too Much is Never Enough
May 2011
By:
Jim F.
| Tasmania
An AA member wrestles with financial insecurity for years before coming to terms with living simply
Self-reliance: a Skeptic's Story
October 2005
By:
C.M.
| Los Altos, California
An alcoholic tries to "AA her way" through depression
An Opportunity for Self-examination
August 1995
By:
Jim N.
| Agawam, Massachusetts
STEP 8: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all
A High Class Drunk
January 1994
By:
Cornelius B.
| Vancouver, British Columbia
I learned not to judge others by appearances
The Long Climb
March 1974
By:
V. R. C.
| Michigan City, Indiana
Step by step up the stairway that leads inevitably to today
The Cage
July 1971
By:
E. S.
| Brooklyn, New York
From the year 1990 comes a horror story for our time
Progress Report for 198o
October 1969
By:
L. H.
| North Hollywood, California
A look into the future when joining Alcoholics Anonymous will be, not only socially acceptable, but even taken for granted
Challenge in Jamaica
February 1968
By:
D. P. R.
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The lush resort life was making her restless until she remembered to be grateful for A A
Pot of gold
February 2010
By:
KATHLEEN V.
| Grand Rapids, Mich.
When an alcoholic finds that sobriety isn't all sunshine, she looks for rainbows
A.A.'s Country-wide News Circuit
May 1945
Close Encounter
March 2025
| Sober and Out
By:
David S.
| San Francisco, California
Drunk and desperate, he had reached the end of the line. Luckily, a nearby passenger knew just where to go
My Pink Cloud
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By:
Julie P.
For three months, her pink cloud kept her going. It was only after it turned grey that she discovered the value of a simple word: gratitude
Jumping to Conclusions
October 2017
By:
Susan H.
| Ashland, Ore.
Wild kids next door were causing trouble and she had to do something. She had no idea she was leaping headfirst into Step Ten
If This Is Prayer, It Isn't So Bad
February 2012
By:
Alan L.
| Salt Lake City, Utah
It can work, even if you don't have a Higher Power
I Remember Dr. Bob
February 1977
By:
B. M. B.
| Naples, Florida
As a student nurse, she worked with him and learned to love him long before she joined AA
Learning to Love
September 1972
By:
J. W.
| Key West, Florida
Love is a giving a sharing, and practice could make it perfect