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Stories from Alcoholics
"If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic."
Alcoholics Anonymous, page 44
In the audio stories below you will find many who were just like you . We hope their words help you to not only better understand the disease of alcoholism but also help you know that you are not alone. There is help and there is hope...
you only need to reach out.
Founder Bill W. shares his story & AA history from Atlanta in 1950.
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Dr. Bob's Last Major Talk in December 1948 in Detroit, MI
Dr. Bob tells his story & AA's beginnings.
A deceptively simple explanation of alcoholism that will give you a much stronger idea of why alcoholics drink and how they get better.
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Local Alcoholics
Telling Their Story...
She learned how to manipulate people at a very young age but she couldn't keep up the façade anymore...
He finally admitted that he couldn't do it & that it didn't work his way. Then he tried the AA way...
She didn't know how to treat her alcoholism but her sponsor showed her how to take the steps...
He said that was it & stopped drinking. That was when things got really bad until he found AA...
No one knew that she was just a scared little girl inside until she found her family in AA...
She found out that life was really, really good when she stopped spending all her time thinking about herself...
He had success but then it all went away. Then he found AA and then he found real success in helping others...
He was a liquor store paper hanger who wasted a lot of time trying to figure out "why" before he came to understand it didn't matter...
There's nothing that says Christmas like drinking Vodka from a plastic bottle & hiding it from your family...
He heard that if he worked half as hard to stay sober that he did to drink, he would stay sober...
AA Graduates
Stories from friends who are no longer with us.
We miss their wisdom and their words.
He was grateful to know that he is an alcoholic because for the longest time, he didn't know what was wrong...
Step 1 Speakers
Step 4 Speakers
Step 5 Speakers
Step 10 Speakers
Merle W. - Mark & Tina. - Steve F.
Charles L. - Greg V. - Bill L.