Hunting the enemy
September 2016
This old-timer saw battles all over the world, but his real foe was always within
Bruised Knuckles and Black Eyes
September 2016
All the proof I needed
September 2016
I Love that Guy
July 2016
Driving & Crying
November 2015
A share overwhelms a newcomer’s heart and puts her on the main road to Step Two
Resentments & Doggie Bags
October 2015
Free on the Inside
June 2015
By:
C.A.
| Rosharon, Texas
Although he’s serving a life sentence, the Steps help him to continue to grow and be useful
This Fabulously Messy Sober Ball
March 2015
By:
Anonymous
There's nothing like illness, surgery and family matters to remind us to embrace Step Three
Pay Them, Not Me
August 2014
By:
Jennifer M.
| Mobile, Alabama
Doing service is one thing, working an eight-hour job is another
One Hot Summer Night
July 2014
By:
Dan M.
| Tampa, Florida
At a meeting in Florida, when the doors burst open, anything can happen
The Spiritual Journey in Corpus Christi
April 2014
By:
Cathy H.
| Corpus Christi,, Texas
In sobriety, she was able to build a relationship with a Higher Power
Why not tell the World?
November 2013
By:
Anonymous
How the Eleventh Tradition keeps one member off her soapbox
Mad Man
October 2018
By:
Anonymous
| New York City, New York
A newcomer gets a job with a boozy ad agency, selling liquor. What could possibly go wrong?
No fly zone
September 2018
By:
Mike M.
| Soledad, California
A final drunken trip to “the hole” woke him up. Now he has hope and some to share
God, My Family and Myself
April 2018
By:
Rich G.
| Urbana, Ill.
Although he got sober far away from his family, AA and his Higher Power were there for him during his mother’s final illness
Piggly Wiggly
May 2017
By:
Charlie W.
| California
Even as a kid, this small-town alcoholic couldn’t stop once he started. Now he can’t get enough of AA
My Angel, Billy
February 2016
You never know who's going to give you hope and maybe even save your life
We Never Know What God Has Planned
October 2015
How a sober mom just kept showing up and somehow ended up with the keys to Intergroup
An Afternoon with Bill
July 2015
An old-timer remembers a surprise meeting he had with our co-founder in 1965
Cool Sand on My Feet
February 2014
By:
Laura C.
| Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
With AA, she has peace and knows where she stands
The Chop Shop
July 2013
By:
Michael W.
| Monroe, Washington
Welcome to the inmates' "meeting after the meeting," where sobriety comes first
Let the Ball Drop!
December 2012
By:
Bill D.
| Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania
How one sober alcoholic learned to have a blast on the final night of the year
Paul, the kind of AA
October 2012
By:
Richelle L.
| Export, Pennsylvania
Words and love from a tattooed biker changed this woman's life forever
Nap Time
September 2012
By:
Chuck M.
| Freehold, New Jersey
... and he said he was hanging in bars to make friends!
Love on the Rocks
May 2012
By:
Jason S.
| Westminster, Maryland
How the Steps helped a newly sober couple put their wedding rings back on their fingers
Weapons Down
May 2012
By:
Oliver G.
| Concord, California
He joined the marines to drink and fight, but came to AA to surrender
Love at First Sip
December 2011
By:
Anonymous
A young woman chronicles her torrid relationship with alcohol