How to tell your story in AA
AA doesn't have a pamphlet for everything. Most things we have to figure out on our own, with the help of other AA's.
The only guidelines of which I am aware are are that our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now.
When I speak now, I try to focus more on my recovery ( using the 12 steps) than my alcoholism( obsession plus physical complusion) and more on my alcoholism than external details. It wasn't that way in the beginning . In the beginning I thought the better the war story, the better the story. I quickly gave up on that, as I realized I could not top some of the war stories I heard. I also figured out that wasn't what I should be trying to do anyway.
Anyway, that's my take.
I'd like to hear what other have to say, hoping this will be useful to newcomers lurking on this forum.