What Matters Most
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
Sharon had lost her driver’s license after her most recent arrest. After the meeting I would drive her home. All this time in the car was sponsorship time
Saying yes
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
A sponsee he’ll never forget taught him something he’ll always remember
A very good April
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
It’s now many years later. I will go out and hide the Easter eggs before anyone else gets up. Finding AA and getting sober was a miracle of my life.
Better than I deserve?
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
Does maintaining my sobriety and working the Steps “earn” me respect, even happiness? Am I expected to “man up and put up” with whatever circumstances arise?
Tough Love
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
A member shares her thoughts about applauding when people come back from multiple relapses
Dear Grapevine
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
My Oasıs
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
Except for an occasional scorpion or two, this wonderful desert meeting was her safe, sober home
Mother’s Little Helper
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
I still have difficult parenting moments and I still want to cry most days about things that happen. But now I don’t immediately turn to alcohol for help. I face my feelings.
Whisper of Freedom
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
In prison for a DUI, a sober coach shares about a momentous connection he made that changed his life
Spot Check On I-94
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
Trying to hold it together with a car full of rambunctious kids, a sober dad gets more and more lost. Time for Step Ten!
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