Healing Words
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
This nurse thought she was too smart for AA, but after reading the book she found her match
Stolen Gem
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
Sweet Surrender
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
He stopped swimming upstream and dove into Step three to find a peace and purpose he never knew
The Experiment
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
To help with Step One, they suggested she try some controlled drinking. So she did. Let’s see how it went
Every Day Counts
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
His wife’s return from a relapse inspired him to recommit to AA just at the right time
To Love a Dad
June 2023
| Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
A newcomer heads to North Carolina to make amends to his father. Good thing he took his sponsor’s suggestion and prayed
I Only Drank 3 Beers!
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
A newcomer finds out the hard way about the power of liquor and the heartbreak of relapse
Hold Me Safe
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
A dream, a storm and a letter to his dad helped him find his way to Step Two
The Wisdom of Norm
October 2022
| Relapse
What was it that he said to get Mike to stop relapsing? It must have been pretty powerful
Don’t do this!
January 2022
| Beginners
We got out of the car and Kirby stuck a Big Book under his arm and we headed up the walkway, acting like we knew what we were doing. Kirby knocked on the screen door.
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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