Contextual filter by author id
I think you are missing one of the buried options.


Make a view, configure it the way you need.
Make a Page display, and set the path to article/me
Add a Relationship for Content: Author.  This is likely not needed, unless you want to pull in author fields and display them or if you need the author name explicitly somewhere in another filter.
Add a Contextual Filter for Content: Author uid; it should automatically pick up the relationship.  In the options for When the filter value is not available, select Provide default value.  In the dropdown, choose User ID from logged in user.


I think you are missing the last part of the final step.  I always forget where that one is.  It helps if you configure views to always show the advanced settings (see admin/structure/views/settings).