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Bringing meetings to women at a local jail has given new meaning to her sobriety

After 44 years of sobriety, he’s convinced this serenity business isn’t half bad

Sponsors still sponsor. Some are tough. Some, like me, are soft. Most sponsors are patient. I have had three and I owe them my life.

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He escaped a troubled childhood by joining the army. But he couldn’t escape the bottle

In 1965, an old-timer heard the bartender say last call. Five decades later, he’s still using his ears

When he gets a Twelfth Step call, he doesn’t question it, he just goes

Abandoned by a skid row father, a son struggles to make amends to him