A newcomer remembers the first and last drunk before coming to A.A. I always felt incomplete and lonely. I had that hole deep inside of me and I could never really fully connect with anyone until I discovered alcohol. I started drinking when I was 18. I went to Paris where I walked […]
My First YPAA Experience
My name is Martin, and I’m an alcoholic. Alcohol did for me what I could not do for myself. I loved it for what it could make me feel or not feel, depending on the day. I’m not sure which I loved the most, four drinks that felt like someone undoing the highest button on […]
A Note From Your New Editor
Hello, my name is Adam, and I am an alcoholic. At the most recent Regional Assembly held online in September 2019, I was elected as your new ArenA Editor, serving the Continental European Region. I am originally from Iowa, USA but have lived in Germany since 2006. I have been based in Berlin since 2009 […]
AA in Prison Conference in Kalish, Poland, and Prison Service Experience in Vilnius, Lithuania
Doing service is an uncomfortable action. It is against my nature. I’d rather make a hundred people around me uncomfortable than do something myself. I need to believe to start doing service and I came to believe because of the people I met through doing service. I want to share some thoughts about the AA […]
“Iggy Pop”?! — No, ICYPAA! My First YPAA Experience
My first experience with YPAA was in 2010 in New York City. I was 25 years old and only about four months sober. In early summer of that year I traveled to NYC to visit a friend. Before that trip, I had only attended small meetings in Southeastern and Central Ohio where I grew up […]
