Speakers at the 2nd Annual A.A. Convention on England and Wales in 1957.

1957 2nd Convention held at Belle Vue Hotel, Cheltenham, May 11th -12th, 1957. The second annual convention held over two days in May of 1957.   Before you read the below, A.A Archives of Great Britain which is held at York university arranged for the audio to be digitised so I could listen to the full … More Speakers at the 2nd Annual A.A. Convention on England and Wales in 1957.

Bernie’s story

My partner was on to me, she said, you’re an alcoholic, if you carry on drinking, you’re gonna end up dead…and I thought how dare you. I just done my third drinking driving. Me and my best mate had been on it all day. He owned a pub. We went over to Epping Green and … More Bernie’s story

Mike M’s story

On or around July 1995 I went to my first A.A. meeting. I gave myself the sobriety date of August 1995, but think I stopped in April. The truth is I had drunk substantial quantities of alcohol on a daily basis for over 23 years and was struggling with my physical health and oblivious to … More Mike M’s story

Yoga John’s story

My name’s John, I’m an alcoholic, I don’t know my exact sobriety date, but I know I put it down in October 2003, following a historical relationship with alcohol that was never kind to me. My drinking was not what I would consider normal, I don’t know what normal drinking is. When young it was … More Yoga John’s story

Mick C’ story

I had many losses at an early age, I got into solvent abuse and was expelled from school, then at the age of 14, I decided not to take anything. I didn’t for two years and got very low.  At 16 I was in a club in Stamford Hill with my dad he bought me … More Mick C’ story

Tim K’s story

I was born in Hackney in 1957, and we moved to Welling and went to school in Sidcup [where most of my friends supported Charlton the local team]. My mother was a violent alcoholic, her drinking got worse towards the end of her life. My first memory of being alive was about 5 or 6 … More Tim K’s story

Anita’ story

Towards the end of my drinking, I had a TV show on Sky, sang their 5-year anniversary song, I had not long left the Cherry Bombz. The TV bosses mentioned getting deals with clothes shops, meaning free clothes, who wouldn’t like free clothes? Me! Because I can’t go and wear someone else’s because I’ll be … More Anita’ story