It's the first car
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
Fresh off the out-of-control liquor train, he learned a valuable lesson: It’s not the caboose that flattens you
Gotta shop around
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
After finally getting through the front door, a newcomer learns that not all meetings are alike
Had enough?
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
He thought he had power over alcohol, until one day someone asked him a question that had only one answer
Ride share
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
How an uncomfortable trip across L.A. became a wonderful chance to reach out
One Year Later
June 2011
A sober member celebrating a year looks back on a life with alcohol that began when he was 9 years old
A Surprise in the Cemetery
June 2011
A uncanny visit to Doctor Bob’s grave site helps this member stay sober many years later
Web Exclusive: They Told Me: "To Drink is to Die"
June 2011
A young member from a family devasted by the effects of alcoholism finds her way to AA.
Web Exclusive: It Defined Who I Was
June 2011
After 25 years of drinking I could hardly picture my life without alcohol.
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
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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