An Equal-opportunity Deplorer
March 1983
By:
R. M.
| Temple, Texas
He learned to share with all sorts of people--and to learn from them
Ham on Wry
August 1992
About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment
April 1980
By:
Wall Street Journal
At Wit’s End
March 2026
| AA & the Family
At Wit’s End
June 2025
| Annual Prison Issue
An Easier Softer Cake
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
By:
Gloria C.
| Mesa, Ariz.
With just the right ingredients, one member’s recipe for sobriety cooked up a life-saving meal
What we say matters
November 2016
One member says that when we go to the podium, we have a job to do
Where did the party go?
December 2012
By:
Anonymous
| New York, New York
Birthday boy gets a big surprise at his first sober yuletide event
Falling Off The Sled
July 2007
By:
Sarah J.
| Boise, Idaho
An Eskimo finds an answer to a lifetime of fear, alcoholism, and abuse
The AA Member and Government Employment
May 1969
By:
F. A. F.
| Bethesda, Maryland
An AA with eight years of working experience in Washington advises the fellow member who may be considering a job with the government
The Anecdote Bin
February 1963
Short Snorts
June 1960
My Nine-step Program
March 1976
By:
D. O.
| Chicago, Illinois
A collection of wisdom that didn't work
Once Over Lightly
March 1984
The Deeper Dimension
September 1993
By:
Jim N.
| Denver, Colorado
Tradition Twelve - Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our Traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities.
Without a net
June 2013
By:
Wendy W.
| Salt Lake City, Utah
Booze put her on a high wire, but her HP reached up and caught her
The Bright Spot
October 2004
By:
Cheryl O.
| Niceville, Florida
A teenager talks about her struggles with alcoholism, AA, and not drinking on her 21st birthday
At Wit’s End
September 2023
| Young & Sober
At Home in the World
October 2013
A woman from the American South travels to Beijing and celebrates her AA birthday
Friendly Yet Different
June 1990
By:
Anonymous
| Denver, Colorado
Sixth Tradition - An AA group ought never endorse, finance, or lend the AA name to any related facility or outside enterprise, lest problems of money, property, and prestige divert us from our primary purpose.
Through the pain
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
By:
Dick G.
| Eugene, Ore.
A father shares his journey during the last days of his daughter’s life. Thankfully he was sober