Stories – Online Intergroup of Alcoholics Anonymous
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Stories

Nothing Special! Just one more salvaged life. Now life’s great!!

My story, such as it is. I am 64 years old and I've been sober for 70 years. I grew up in Oklahoma in an Irish Catholic family. The Catholic part is irrelevant to my… Read More

A Fast Alcoholic Goes Online

My name is Fast Eddie and I am a real alcoholic.  My sobriety date is 12/10/2013 which began on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and shortly thereafter continued in New Bern North Carolina. I was… Read More

Addiction Recovery practice and my rights

My success story began with the program of recovery for my sobriety it's simply the most Honorable part of my life keeping clean, I'm from North Louisiana and served in the Louisiana National Guard United… Read More

Living to live!

My sober journey began July 26th, 2023 when I drove to a rehab center to enroll into outpatient treatment. I had an appointment with them to get my file started and set up for the… Read More

Never alone!

I live in a small town in Southwest Texas.  Prior to the pandemic I had to drive 120 miles one way to attend an AA meeting.  To fill the gaps I would go to online… Read More

I started drinking when I got raped at 16 years old

I took my first drink at 16 years of age after a violent violent attack that left me pregnant with two twin babies. I did not believe in abortion so every day of my life… Read More

The last 6 months I’ve blown up my life.

My drinking has gotten so out of hand that I've left 3 jobs and this week I woke up on the sholder of I10 with the blue lights behind me and the entire driver side… Read More

Tulum, Q.R., Mexico

Thank you for sending me the meeting information. I am 15 months sober today. Yesterday was rough. I traveled here because my two daughters planned a trip here and, of course, my need to make… Read More

How a virtual homegroup saved my life

My sober date is July 15, 2022. I have a sponsor and a homegroup. My homegroup is called the Halfway Through Group and it is a virtual group that has transformed my life in many… Read More

Ms

I first went to online meetings in 2013, early in recovery, with young children and desperate to get to meetings. The time difference was tricky as they were all overseas-based. I was however very grateful… Read More