The Slippery Slope
June 2018
He was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde drinker all his life—respectable, but with a hidden “inventory” of booze
Dear Grapevine
June 2018
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
Family tree
June 2018
A member goes on a quest to find her real dad and returns with some wonderful surprises
Birthday prayer
June 2018
Return to Riverside
June 2018
How a blissful sunny day in 1970 turned into a long drunken hell... and then became a love story to remember
In a safe place
June 2018
While working in a refugee camp, a member tells how she stays sane, sober and most of all, grateful
Way to party
September 2016
A party boy kept going until he found himself all alone. That’s definitely not the case today.
Running Wild
September 2016
It didn’t matter how young or rebellious he was, the old-timers took him in and showed him love
Sober Feet
September 2016
With his skateboard in one hand and a Big Book in the other, a newcomer finds his crew
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