A Night of Normal Drinking
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
Just in case he ever forgets, a member recalls what an evening out was actually like
Last call
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
It was 1985. She took out a dime and stared at her shot glass. Then she walked over to the phone and saved her life
Coming To and Waking Up
June 2011
Coming to amidst a shattered whiskey bottle on the bathroom floor on his 31st birthday was the beginning of the end
A Tree, A Car, A Man ... and God
June 2011
His sober journey began one night behind the wheel of a car at the end of the road
The Moon in Gemini
June 2011
She came to one night lying face down on the ground and knew that something had to change
"Don't Do It, Mom, He's Not Worth It!"
June 2011
An incident of domestic violence and a daughter's rejection was the spark he needed to get sober
Stories My Father Told Me
June 2011
After a lifetime of drinking, a man looks back at the lessons his father tried to teach him about alcoholism
From the Rodeo to the Rooms of AA
June 2011
A former cowboy turned to alcohol to treat his physical pain and found himself with more problems than he started with
The Third Time Is the Charm
June 2011
A young mother hits bottom and finds AA but learns through relapse that she still had to concede powerlessness
Alcohol, The Greatest Disability of All
June 2011
He realized that living life as an alcoholic was a lot worse than living with the disability of having only one arm
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