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Steps, Traditions & Concepts

Old-timer? Nah!

March 2020 | Puzzled
Sponsors still sponsor. Some are tough. Some, like me, are soft. Most sponsors are patient. I have had three and I owe them my life.

Saying Yes To Service

September 2018
Finding a need to fit everyone’s talent—reflections on the beauty of doing service

The Double Life of Paola

August 2014
She was excited to be in the U.S., but her drinking took off, and she had to keep it a secret

Turning Tumblers into Wind Chimes

February 2014
How a newcomer’s house, filled with beer signs and wine glasses, produced a treasure for a neighbor in need

School Spirit

February 2013
Her search for faith took a happy turn on the San Diego freeway

My Crooked Steps

December 2011
A sober woman keeps a reminder of what it used to be like

If We Are Painstaking. . .

July 1986

The Other Side of the Briar Patch

June 1982
Year one was a struggle, but AAs helped her reach

A Miracle Happened That Day

August 1979
At her first meeting, she lost all desire to drink

PO Box 1980

July 1977
The GV as a peacemaker

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