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October 2023

Mid-Sobriety Challenges

This month’s feature section is “Mid-Sobriety Challenges” Powerful stories by AA members about the challenges that happen after 10, 15 or 20+ years of sobriety.

Grapevine Daily Quote September 26

“I have often seen our Society timid and fearful, angry and prideful, apathetic and indifferent. But I have also seen these negatives fade as the lessons of experience were learned and gladly applied.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1965, “Responsibility Is Our Theme”, The Language of the Heart

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Trick or Treat

When I was a few years sober, my twins decided they didn’t need me to go trick-or-treating with them anymore.

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My side of the street

Step Ten is our “acid test.” Can we “stay sober, keep in emotional balance and live to good purpose under all conditions” as we grow in understanding and effectiveness, putting our AA w

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God shot at Gate 1

In early 2016, I made a momentous decision. I vowed to save my life, my family and my marriage. In other words, I was going to get sober.

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Staying focused

One day a man barged into our meeting room and hijacked it while it was in full swing. His profanity-laced, hate-filled tirade continued unabated to the dismay of all those attending.

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Just in Time

I had been a mail carrier for more than 20 years and a member of AA for just as long.

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I’ll be fine

One of the early gifts of sobriety was meeting and then building a life with my partner of more than 25 years.

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Grapevine Daily Quote September 26

“I have often seen our Society timid and fearful, angry and prideful, apathetic and indifferent. But I have also seen these negatives fade as the lessons of experience were learned and gladly applied.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1965, “Responsibility Is Our Theme”, The Language of the Heart

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