Seeing 20-20
December 2017
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He stood at a doorway, confused, doubtful and hopeless. And then took a single step forward…
The Retreat
December 2017
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AA helped him with his drinking, but after he took his older sister to a retreat for cancer patients, he found that the program helped him with a great deal more
Let it snow
December 2017
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Holidays were once a constant storm. But now we have each other to keep us sober, safe and warm
Where There Is Despair, Let There Be Hope
December 2017
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As a woman struggles to deal with the wreckage of her past and recover from profound loss, she finds that, little by little, hope enters her life
Cuckoo for sobriety
December 2017
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A man finds his way into sobriety and discovers that the song of a once-treasured clock is a symbol for the hope AA brings to his life
Moving to the Hill Country
December 2017
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In seven years of sobriety, she had never shared her story or done much in the way of service, until she joined a very special home group in the Texas Hill Country
Smoke Shop
January 2017
Her first sober job was in a place where they sold cigarettes and paraphernalia, yet she was grateful for the daily reminder of the lonely life she had left behind
Sailing To Sobriety
January 2017
She’s new in AA, but a veteran sailor, and when she finds herself losing her program, she remembers life lessons the wind and sea have taught her
The Day The Obsession Lifted
January 2017
After numerous relapses, a newcomer desperate for a drink allows someone else to take the wheel—and sees a glimmer of hope on the road ahead
A Family Like No Other
January 2017
Sober for the first time at 61, this woman offers a prayer of gratitude for the welcoming family she found in the AA rooms
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