Glad we took the steps
January 2022
| Beginners
I pointed to the AA sign and said, “Let’s go up there” My dad said, “Oh, no.”
When we got home, I told my mother about this and she remarked, “Oh yes, your father needs to go up there.”
When we got home, I told my mother about this and she remarked, “Oh yes, your father needs to go up there.”
Green Pastures
January 2022
| Beginners
A farm boy shares how he took the seed someone planted and got five decades of a meaningful sober life
No defense
January 2022
| Beginners
Stop drinking on his own? No problem. Little did he know, a giant warehouse of booze was about to teach him something he’ll never forget
The things They don’t tell you
January 2022
| Beginners
Why was everybody repeating these slogans that didn’t make any sense? “Just hold on”, they said. “You’ll see”
Shoes to Live For
September 2016
A woman in spike heels kept him sober that night. How did she know all his secrets?
No way out
September 2016
He escaped a troubled childhood by joining the army. But he couldn’t escape the bottle
Listening for 50 years
September 2016
In 1965, an old-timer heard the bartender say last call. Five decades later, he’s still using his ears
Hunting the enemy
September 2016
This old-timer saw battles all over the world, but his real foe was always within
My Beautiful Tragedy
September 2016
A liquor-filled drive to a bonfire changes a young girl’s life forever
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