Texting for my life
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
Her thumbs keep this newcomer centered, humble and connected. But most of all, they’re keeping her sober
A sponsor with less time?
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
My choices in a sponsor with longer sobriety than I had were few. Then one day, our youngest child in AA happened to mention something about her sponsee
Just like dad
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
The alcoholic “monster” he tried so hard not to become was the person he turned to for help
Letting go
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
How a longtimer learned to observe her thoughts and identify her defects so they don’t take her freedom away
Dear Grapevine
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
Welcome to New York
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
A couple and their three cats make a move to a big city where they build a new home in AA
Most Thankful
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
Messy, sad and sorry, his worst Thanksgiving ever is the one this old-timer never wants to forget
Secret Stash
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
Even after three years sober, his past behavior kept coming back to surprise him
Someone Who Understood
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
Hitting bottom would surely end his chance to adopt. Who on earth would let him raise their child now?
Second Tradition Checklist
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
He was going to save AA. Someone had to do it. A member recalls AA’s early days before the Traditions were written
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