Fabulous & the Rockstar
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
By:
Tim B.
| Hayward, California
He had no intention of doing Step Four, that is until a beer took him down and a guy with a funny name showed up
In a Canberra Jail
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
By:
John K.
| Carleton Place, Ontario
A Toronto fireman discovers the joys of service taking meetings to prisoners Down Under
Step 12: Standing in the Gap
April 2019
| Relapse
By:
Anonymous Travelers Rest.
| S.C.
“Having had a spiritual awakening,” she tries to bridge the gap between current and future AA members
The Spiked Cinnamon Roll
May 2018
By:
Sarah J.
| Otis, Ore.
A homemade cinnamon roll laced with alcohol became a sober reference point she would never forget
Never saw it coming
June 2017
By:
Kelly A.
| Champaign, Illinois
Once she gave up desperately trying to find love, that’s when it finally appeared
On the Mountaintop
December 2014
By:
Jerry F.
| Cerritos, California
Getting sober in AA relieved him of his alcoholism and the shackles he made for himself
Central Office Notes
September 2014
By:
E.G.
The Honolulu Story. . . Continued from the August Issue
Tools for Today
March 2014
By:
Lindsay M.
| Lanarkshire
The phone has been an important part of AA for decades … but sometimes it's time for an upgrade
Just a Nice Lady Who Drank Too Much
September 2011
By:
Barbara C.
| Northport, Florida
That's what she thought of her drinking until she went to her first AA meeting
The Undertow of Anger
August 2011
By:
Greg T.
| Oceanside, California
A young teenage surfer resists the pull of anger in order to stay sober
Web Exclusive: Finding Love Again on AA Campus
March 2011
By:
Robert M.
| Carrollton, Texas
The work in AA has helped this couple bring their relationship to a richer, deeper level.
Over the edge
February 2010
By:
ANONYMOUS
| White Plains, N.Y.
A young AA finds the program after almost killing a friend in a blackout
Earth To Stand On
September 2007
By:
Greg T.
| Oceanside, California
A surfer cuts through an undertow of anger
Jerseyites Buy Big Sociable Clubhouse
November 1944
The Ghosts of Halloween Past
October 2024
| CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
By:
Jill R.
| Tyler, Texas
A mother finds joy again in a family tradition her drinking had scared away
Available
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By:
Kristina F.
| Tesuque, N.M.
Making yourself available to help, benefit, and be of use
My Superhero
September 2015
By:
Tom W.
| West Des Moines, Iowa
A father begins to made amends to the daughters he was once too drunk to love
Turning Tumblers into Wind Chimes
February 2014
By:
Sam Marie E.
| Atlanta, Georgia
How a newcomer’s house, filled with beer signs and wine glasses, produced a treasure for a neighbor in need
A Tragic Day in Central Park
August 2013
By:
Alex S.
| San Francisco, California
He was sober, in love, everything was going great—then his sunny day went dark
Between GRACE AND HOPE
March 2008
By:
Santiago E.
| Laguna Niguel, California
Many messengers, one message
Plan for Survival
March 1951
Betty Was a Lady
June 1950
By:
R. McK.
| Lansing, Michigan
--but she drank like a man. . .<lb--no one knew what went on behind my locked door. . .