Stories from Singapore AA’s Daily Reprieve — personal experience, strength, and hope.
Henceforth, more things have begun to make sense—how actually being of service is the best and most immediate antidote to my feelings of resentment, self-pity, lust, obsession, less…
Recovery Is a Beautiful Thing Read story →
My first sober visit home was a shit show. I had 7 months in the program and thought I had it all together, thought I’d breeze through on…
How to Survive a Family Visit Read story →
I started to feel my life begin change after my third year in recovery thru relentlessly working the 12 steps program with the help of my Sponsor and…
My Ten Year Journey in Recovery Read story →
With few exceptions our Book has so far spoken mostly about humans. But what we have said applies quite as much to pets. For every man or woman…
For Every Master That Drinks There Is Often a Faithful Pet Read story →
I wrote that poem back in 2001. A full 14 years before finding AA. These days I am super grateful to have the Fellowship and to be able…
Attention, Love & Consolation Read story →
So 3 days and three nights later I woke up on the floor. It was noon on the fourth day. There were wine bottles strewn everywhere. The Four…
The 80 Day Relapse Read story →
by William Duncan Silkworth, M.D. The mystery of slips is not so deep as it may appear. While it does seem odd that an alcoholic, who has restored…
Slips and Human Nature Read story →
The places where Jean hid the secrets that everyone knew… Hidden from sight but ready to hand. On the bookshelf behind holiday albums that no one picked up.…
Where Jean Hid the Secrets Read story →
I was walking the streets of a numb town Spring never followed winter’s gown and nothing was real, not the days, not the years only memories of you,…
Walking the Streets of a Numb Town Read story →
Two AA’s are talking about what is going to happen to them after they die. One believes in heaven, the other isn’t so sure so they agree a…
AA Certain Type of Humour Read story →
We are pleased to present you with the latest edition of The Daily This issue saw many alcoholics sharing their creative talents for our Great Limerick Challenge. The…
Letter from the Editors Read story →
You may be wondering: “What are these people talking about? Why am I here? Who do these people think they are? How can they stand to listen to…
Welcome to Sobriety Read story →
As I write this I am now 100 days sober, my longest length of sobriety ever in Singapore. It’s been exciting, scary at times, yet a deeply fulfilling…
From There to Now, My Journey into Sobriety Read story →
I had no solution for my alcoholic malady before coming to AA, because I didn’t understand the nature of my problem. I had always considered that my problem was the…
No Choice in the Matter of Drink Read story →
From my journal entry, a few days after my first AA meeting. My anxiety is off the charts, I still don’t know what I did during my last…
From My Journal Entry — A Few Days After My First AA Meeting Read story →
Forgiveness of Myself. Forgiveness of myself, for my past deeds, once seemed impossible. The guilt and shame seemed right, a kind of Old Testament justice. Forgiving myself, through…
The Universe Was There Once I Was Willing to Connect Read story →
I have alcoholism whether I am drinking or not You don’t have to like something to accept it I have no business in the cockpit where God is…
Letting the Magic In Read story →
What Any A.A. Member Or Group Reads Is No Business Of G.S.O., or Of The Conference! Whilst reading “Dr. Bob and the Good Oldtimers”, I saw references to…
What Any AA Member or Group Reads Read story →
(Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly Bill W’s writings communicate the Steps to us in a very understandable manner: He often tells us…
Step Ten Directions Are Not On the Wall Read story →
I practiced a lot. Like, I’ve been on a lot of first dates. I’m really bad with failure and rejection, but that just means I need to practice…
How to Survive a First Date Read story →
(AND EVEN APPRECIATE) A FLIGHT : In my drinking days, I loved flying. I could indulge in an unlimited flow of alcohol that started with preflight drinks in…
How to Survive (and Even Appreciate) a Flight Read story →
HOW TO SURVIVE A MOVE OR 6. If you have medical issues (physical/mental) – go to your doctor. Let him know how you are feeling so he can get…
How to Survive a Move or Big Change Read story →
“THE GREAT LIMERICK CHALLENGE”. There was a young artist from Glasgow He drank red biddies with gusto One night on the lash He ran out of cash And…
The Great Limerick Challenge Read story →
Welcome to the latest edition of the Daily Reprieve. This is the first edition with Eric C, Lisa G, and Marnie H as co-editors. We would like to…
Letter from the Editors Read story →
I got sober in Phuket, Thailand, where I used to live, six weeks before my belly button birthday. My birthday is the day before my younger daughter’s birthday.…
My First Belly Button Birthday in Sobriety Read story →
In the early stages of my sobriety, my capability to stay on soda water, instead of booze, was tested several times at various functions. At the time, I…
My Tips for Surviving Early Sobriety Read story →
I saw the message on our WhatsApp group chat from one of our friends who now lives in North Asia, that a certain rock star was coming to…
I wrote this one year ago, the day after I gave up alcohol. Hey, old pal, you will be happy to know I’m writing this from a bar…
Had you asked me a week earlier what I planned to do on my 47th birthday it’s fair to say the answer wouldn’t have included – sit upstairs…
A Return of Clarity Read story →
As I venture through each passing day, I try to watch for those ever- reoccurring defects of character such as repeating angry thoughts, self- centeredness, unreasonable fear, and…
Step Three and Step Ten Read story →
