Time to punt
October 2016
This high school coach was losing the drinking game. Then one day a fellow teacher handed him a winning play
Study Buddies
October 2016
Her daily dose of AA literature for a wonderful sobriety boost was just a call away
In the Eye of the Storm
April 2015
By:
Kari O.
| Greenfield, Indiana
With nowhere to go and unable to make it home, she had to depend on the kindness of strangers
A Tale of Two Saturdays
August 2014
By:
Dick L.
| Meridian, Idaho
The difference between the two was the world--and one drink
In Black and White
March 2013
By:
Erin S.
| Olathe, Kansas
Just when her life was falling apart, a mom reads good news in the Sunday paper
Smarter than the Average Bear
September 2012
By:
Carol K.
| Sarasota, Florida
She always thought she could outsmart the ranger. Then she met her match
Regarding the Preamble
March 2012
By:
Gregory H.
A member reflects on the Preamble's description of AA's mission
All Aboard the AA Meeting
January 2012
By:
Kathryn G.
| Bedford Village, New York
Two alcoholics hold an impromptu meeting aboard a cruise ship and help each other stay sober that day
"Please God, Show Me What To Do"
November 2011
By:
Bernie S.
| Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
A man learns with the Eleventh Step that we all need a little help getting back into the water
Chained to the Beer Fridge
September 2011
By:
Anton R.
| Edmonton, Alberta
He dragged it from Moscow to Texas to Canada ... and right into the rooms of AA
A Letter to My Mother
September 2011
By:
Nancy S.
| Dallas, Texas
Years after her mother's death, she was able to reconcile with her through a Ninth Step amends
Web Exclusive: A Daily Meditation
September 2011
By:
Judy M.
| Bluffton, South Carolina
A woman discovers a way to practice conscious contact while she goes about the business of the day
Pointers for Beginners for Right Now
June 1968
By:
Bob N.
| Scarsdale, New York
It's your first sober day and your first AA meeting . . .
A Psychiatrist's Appreciation of Alcoholics Anonymous
June 1960
By:
Adele E. Streeseman, M.D.
The AA program enables the withdrawn alcoholic to trust the mental therapist, thus hastening a return to sobriety--and sanity
Problems Other Than Alcohol: What Can Be Done About Them?
February 1958
By:
Bill W.
Any time is a good time to review our relations with each other and with the world outside. In the following article Bill has done this with the accent on special groups which seek to handle drug addiction. At the moment this problem is under a great amou
Many Tongues - The Same Language
November 1951
The Twelve Steps Lead to the Same Place for Alcoholics Everywhere--as AA Members in 38 Lands Can Testify
The Pleasures of Reading
December 1946
By:
R.F.S.
| Montclair, New Jersey
<emphasis type="italic">Men Who Have Walked With God</emphasis> by Sheldon Cheney (Alfred A. Knpopf, $3)