Leaving home
July 2010
By:
NANCY B.
| Hartland, Wisconsin
Beyond the home group level, AA general service fills different needs
Running from the program
September 2009
By:
BILL K.
| Dallas, Texas
A relapsing businessman faces a fellow AA in an out-of-town bar
AA celebrates 20 years in Ukraine
September 2009
Participants from 17 countries attend June convention
STILL AGNOSTIC AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
April 2009
By:
Ann M.
| Phoenix, Ariz
Steps, service and fellowship keep a long-timer sober
Homeless Bound
November 2008
By:
Richard D.
| Long Beach, New York
Kicked out of his sister's home, with just thirty-five cents in his pocket, a drunk is desperate enough to ask for help
The Life I've Been Given
September 2008
By:
L.S.
| Sands Point, New York
A child of the Holocaust stops questioning her survival and embraces the fullness of life
Who's Saving The Seat For The Newcomer?
August 2006
By:
Sharon C.
| Santa Rosa, California
Comfort in a greeting and relief in an invitation
Up In Smoke
June 2006
By:
Jason B.
| Del Haven, New Jersey
A story for people with character defects to burn
Tradition Five: What A Group "Ought" To Be
May 2006
By:
Anonymous
An AA says we can't transmit what we don't have
The View From My Prison Window
July 2003
By:
Wayne D.
| Pollock, Louisiana
Carrying the message to other alcoholics, an inmate begins to see a whole new world
My Drug Of Choice
February 2003
By:
Anonymous
With men on her mind, it was hard to focus on the program
Sign Language
December 2011
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
Public information begins at home for this alcoholic
The Year I Needed Santa
December 2011
By:
P.S.
| Phoenix, Arizona
An unexpected encounter in a neighbor's yard helps a woman get her gratitude game back
The Vacant Chair
September 2011
By:
Linda B.
| Shelton, Connecticut
Their physical bodies may no longer be with us, but our cherished members are far from gone
Web Exclusive: 12-Days Of Thanksgiving
July 2011
By:
Paul F.
| Nashville, Tennessee
A newsman has just “a couple of drinks” to calm himself for a radio job on Thanksgiving day
Tropic of temptation
February 2011
By:
Alan L.
| Stourbridge, West Midlands
A vacation romance with a chronic relapser takes him out of his comfort zone
Half a day at a time
December 2009
By:
COLIN Q.
| Fort Collins, Colo.
Counting sobriety in hours and minutes, a newcomer realizes he'll be all right
This was it
April 2009
By:
Kelly A.
| San Mateo, California
A young woman, desperate to stop drinking, asks her recovering father for help
Finding Walter
December 2006
By:
Walter S.
| Sacramento, California
A violent drunk wonders if he's too damaged for help
A Twelfth Step Call In The Wild
May 2006
By:
Anonymous
| Ketchikan, Alaska
An unexpected opportunity to help a drunk
That Should Tell a Person Something
October 2005
By:
David F.
| Oregon
What does it take to get through to an alcoholic?