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All I had to do was Surrender

February 2024 | Getting Through Tough Times
By: Lisa B. | San Antonio, Texas
After years of booze, breakups and drama, she finally decided something had to change

Faith & Flashlights

February 2024 | Getting Through Tough Times
By: Debra B. | Panama City, Florida
A hurricane destroyed her town and cut off all power. Luckily, she had another power and AA friends with warm coffee

Life Goes On

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
By: Alan S. | West Linn, Oregon
He lovingly recalls the wisdom and kindness his sponsor gave him to reach out and pass on to others

Enter My Lonely Heart

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
By: Maggie H. | Rockaway Beach, New York
Her first prayers were uttered in despair and desperation, but the best one of all was said sober

A Second Chance at Life

December 2023 | Remote Communities and sober holidays
By: Kenny K. | Kalamazoo, Michigan
From jails to coffee guy to GSR to corrections chair, then delegate, he fell in love with service and never looked back

Get A Hobby

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By: Jimmy H. | Columbus, Ohio
Once sober, he found a unique way to spend his time and understand his past

My First Drink

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By: Definitely Steve | Nashville, Tenn.
One of his proudest moments led to the drink that sent him on a downward spiral

From the Psych Ward to Sobriety

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By: Bob H. | Pinetop, Ariz.
Living a life of “sane and happy usefulness,” one day at a time

Old-Timers

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By: Robert P. | Amity, Ore.
He’s got plenty of time-and he uses it to do service

Knock Knock Who’s There?

July 2023 | Annual Prison Issue
By: Michael K. | Kelowna, British Columbia
He had nurtured this resentment about Jack for years. Now it was time to make face-to- face amends. He was ready

Fear no more

July 2023 | Annual Prison Issue
By: Tom S. | Arlington Heights, Illinois
Asking his Higher Power to remove the thing that ruled his life for years took some surprising humbling action

A Sense of Belonging

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By: Sasha E. | Collierville, Tenn.
She had it all—the kids, the home, the husband—but she couldn’t stop drinking

10,000 Stories

May 2023 | Home Group
By: Norman L. | Yukon, Okla.
With tears, they emptied out the meeting room. One thing that touched his heart most was the wooden podium where so many shared hope

Building bridges

March 2023 | Get Into Service
By: Diana M. | Henderson, Nev.
How getting involved with area committees strengthened her awareness of AA unity and inclusiveness

My night behind bars

February 2023 | Making Amends
By: Karen P. | Franklin, N.H.
So angry she could kill, she luckily picked up the phone. Her sponsor knew just what she needed

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Good Things Come

September 2014
By: Kathy B. | Kaneohe, Hawaii
With AA, a member in Hawaii weathers some storms and cruises into calmer waters

Pitfalls in Early Sobriety

March 2014
By: Todd H., | Michigan
A member with 120 days describes some of the things that proved difficult

I Remember, I Forget

January 2014
By: Anthony S. | Roberts, Montana
Seven years ago, he hit bottom all alone in a dingy house. Things are very different today

You won’t find rainbows in the bottom of a glass

December 2013
By: John B. | Rochester, New York
While Sinatra’s lonely saloon song plays, an old-timer wonders how he picked up after 39 years

Dear Grapevine

December 2013
I was going through a rough spot when I first walked down the stairs of that church

Her New Technicolor World

October 2013
By: Karen J. | Portland, Oregon
How a woman on a speaker tape gave her hope and lifted her out of the gray

12-Step Turtle

February 2013
By: Dawn M. | Cleburne, Texas
How a backyard red-eared slider showed her the way to Step Two

Two Sisters

February 2013
By: Anonymous
A sibling’s emergency becomes a powerful reminder of why we don’t pick up

A Strong, Independent Woman

October 2012
By: Anonymous
She tried her best to not be like Dad, but alcohol was calling the shots

Both Sides of the Fence

July 2012
By: Christian & Pat A.
One's in, one's out -- but both share the same solution

Many New Beginnings

May 2012
By: Patrick M. | Sarasota, Florida
An AA discusses getting sober and getting remarried in sobriety

Meeting at Shivaji Market

April 2012
By: Deborah D. | Montclair, New Jersey
She gave back to a city that took her under its wing

From Princess to Pickle

February 2012
By: Joan L. | Gloucester, Massachusetts
The marriage was going OK until the booze took her away

Dumped

February 2012
By: Anonymous
A hurtful email from a sponsee turns out to be a gift

Emotional Sobriety

September 2011
By: Ames S. | New York, New York
From Section 2, Out of Isolation

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