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An Easier Softer Cake

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
With just the right ingredients, one member’s recipe for sobriety cooked up a life-saving meal

Another chance

May 2020 | Getting Into General Service
An old-timer recalls how AA helped him grieve and gave him the opportunity to give the kind of love a dad can give

In Shambles

April 2020 | Home Group
At four months sober, she had no money—not even for toilet paper. Thankfully, she had a sponsor

Trying to Be Ungrateful

March 2020 | Puzzled
A member tries a unique plan to find some gratitude that’s as simple as one...two...three

Not a river in Egypt

June 2018
Even in sobriety, denial ruled his life. But Step Six and a cool Higher Power helped him begin to accept reality and lift his head out of the sand

16 carrot gold

October 2017
A day to celebrate, a member to comfort ... listening to her inner voice was a piece of cake

Outsmarting the Jersey Devil

February 2015
Wrecked cars, smashed toes and motel hell… nothing can keep him from having a joyful 25th anniversary

Widening World

April 2014
The longer she stayed sober, the bigger her life got

The Dry Years

November 2012
After a relapse on pain meds, an alcoholic comes out of the desert

WHITE-KNUCKLE WEDDING

December 2010
Sober at a reception? Who would have thought?

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