To carry the message to the alcoholic who still suffers.
Writings on the general nature of the Alcoholics Anonymous Program, designed to help clear up some of the mystery surrounding the Alcoholics Anonymous program.
Discussion Meetings — Many Voices, One Experience Discussion meetings open the floor to shared experience. A topic is offered, and people speak from where they are—no cross-talk, no fixing, no debate. What emerges isn’t a single answer.It’s something more useful:…
Speaker Meetings — Listening for the Truth Speaker meetings center on one person telling their story:what it was like, what happened, and what it’s like now. For many of us, this is where something shifts. We stop comparing.We start identifying.…
Not All Meetings Feel the Same (And That’s the Point) If you’ve been to more than a handful of AA meetings, you’ve probably noticed something:they don’t all feel alike. Some are quiet and reflective.Some are loud and full of laughter.Some…
God in His wisdom selected this group of men and women to be purveyors of His goodness. In selecting them through whom to bring about this phenomenon He went not to the proud, the mighty, the famous or the brilliant.…
Many of us have felt it this week — that subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) sense that things are shifting under our feet. The news is unsettling. Markets are volatile. Politics feel loud and uncertain. For people in recovery,…
Hi, I’m Angela, and I’m an alcoholic. People ask me why I still go to meetings after all these years. The answer is simple: I never want to forget what it was like—and I never want to go back there. AA…
Hi, I’m Kevin, and I’m an alcoholic. I’ve been sober a while, but the desire to drink can still sneak up on me—usually when I’m hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. One night, I was overwhelmed. Work stress, family drama, fear—I…
Hi, I’m Renee, and I’m an alcoholic. Making amends was the Step I feared most. Saying sorry is one thing—but facing someone I hurt and taking full responsibility? That scared me. One of the amends I had to make was…
Hi, I’m David, and I’m an alcoholic. I also live with anxiety and depression. Before AA, I used alcohol to manage it. And it worked—until it didn’t. When I got sober, all that emotional pain came roaring back. I thought, How…
Hi, I’m Julia, and I’m an alcoholic. When the pandemic hit, everything shut down—including my home group. I thought, How am I going to stay sober without meetings? Then someone texted me a Zoom link. I clicked it out of desperation—and thank…