100 quilts
February 2017
By:
Meredith D.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
How a drunken grandma put down the bottle and began to patch together a warm, useful life
Down by the river
February 2015
By:
Anonymous
The biggest lesson he learned on that boat was not the one he expected.
Your Voices In My Head
October 2014
By:
Dave
| Manchester, Washington
An AA thinks back on all the things people in and out of the rooms have said to him about his alcoholism
Paradise Found
February 2014
By:
Jim F.
| Devonport
A long-time member finally finds contentment in himself—not somewhere on a map
Moving Forward .. Not In
August 2013
By:
Sara G.
| Charlotte, North Carolina
You know two AAs are on a second date when you see the moving van in the driveway
How to Fall in Love
February 2012
By:
Bill S.
| Robbinsville, North Carolina
It's simple, once you know where to look
AA in Uniform
September 2008
By:
Thomas H.
| Palm Springs, California
On the brink of despair, a chaplain finds his true calling
A Horse Named Zachary
February 2004
By:
Amy G.
| West Hartford, Connecticut
He was nonjudgmental and deeply sympathetic
Building a New Life One Day at a Time
January 2004
By:
Susan R.
| St. Louis, Missouri
Alcohol made her question her every thought and action
The Writing On the Wall
December 2003
By:
Patrick C.
| Provincetown, Massachusetts
He'd heard a higher power can be seen in anything. He never dreamed he'd find it in a note written by a stranger in a parked car.
How to Fall In Love
February 2003
By:
Bill S.
| Robbinsville, North Carolina
It's simple, once you know where to look
Grandiosity
June 1976
By:
B. P.
| Pompano Beach, Florida
This AA pasted fancy labels on her defects of character
A Selfish Program?
November 1975
By:
Anonymous
Do we confuse the shaky newcomer - From the May 1950 Grapevine
Are We Ever Home Safe?
July 1975
By:
K. P.
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
His group thinks of him as an old-timer, but he wonders. . .
Has Sobriety Made You a Different Person?
December 1973
If Sobriety Is Not Enough
March 1973
By:
Freddie N.
| Shelton, Connecticut
This member found answers when he began to really work the Steps
My Pail
February 1971
By:
J. O'H.
| Pembroke, Ontario
When he began to abuse the bucket he loved, he figured something must be wrong
Me, Expert?
October 1970
By:
R. Z.
| San Diego, California
Anything on the subject of alcoholism is right down my alley. Or is it?
Moving Can Be Such Sweet Sorrow
June 1970
By:
N. C.
| Covina, California
She looked forward to adventure in new surroundings. But then homesickness struck!
This May Not Pass
He learned to accept his physical condition and used AA to help him manage it each day
The Light in the Dark
He had scoffed at stories of spiritual experiences until he had one of his own
The Bike and I
April 1969
By:
Dean S.
| Santa Monica, Calif.
It had trouble staying upright, but the bike and Dean injured only themselves
My Psychiatrist, AA and Me
August 1965
By:
J. C.
| Emporia., Kansas
What happened when one woman combined therapies