You Made My Day
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
An encounter by a lake under the warm Arizona sun gives a member a wonderful shot of gratitude
Heaven on Earth
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
With a wife, a dog, a garden, a woodshop and a great sponsor, this oldtimer says life’s a grand gift
Old Faithful
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
The book that just collected dust for months one day became the most important thing in her life
Dear Grapevine
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
Dear Grapevine
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
Borrow mine
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
I said “Jim, maybe you could use my Higher Power.” I told him I was sure he wouldn’t mind. Jim thanked me and we never spoke of the God thing again.
Return to Bourbon St.
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
For years, New Year’s Eve was a drunken blur. Now that she’s sober, she can remember it
A Winning Game
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
She made a play to fit her love of football into her new sober life and scored big
Last call
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
It was 1985. She took out a dime and stared at her shot glass. Then she walked over to the phone and saved her life
Getting back up
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
I came into AA in Los Angeles in 1965. I’ve been sober ever since. Through the years, action has been the magic that has kept me going.
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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