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Hats off to Tradition 5

May 2020 | Getting Into General Service
He finally put down the bottle and got to a meeting. But what was everyone talking about? And what did it have to do with drinking?

Jumpstart

May 2020 | Getting Into General Service
She came right up to me. “How many years do you have sober?” she asked. “Almost 17,” I replied. Without missing a beat, she said, “Well, how would you like to be our Intergroup Rep?”

True Love At the Assembly

May 2020 | Getting Into General Service
General service gave her sobriety so many remarkable rewards. But this one was a real surprise

Getting Sober at 51

August 2014
Although she had tried many times before, one day proved different than all the rest

When I Close My Eyes

August 2014

No Longer Empty-Handed

August 2014

All By Myself

August 2014
She learned in AA that drinking in the shower wasn’t social drinking

The Answer Wasn’t Alcohol

August 2014
When she came to accept that maybe she was an alcoholic after all, the answers were easier to find

Raised in Loisaida

August 2014
On New York’s Lower East Side, she did it her way and drank like the boys

The Double Life of Paola

August 2014
She was excited to be in the U.S., but her drinking took off, and she had to keep it a secret

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