Wouldn’t be anywhere else
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
Kindness, love, large-print books and donuts. You can’t ask for anything more
A sponsor with less time?
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
My choices in a sponsor with longer sobriety than I had were few. Then one day, our youngest child in AA happened to mention something about her sponsee
Old Friends & Good Times
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
I’ve had a subscription to Grapevine since the early 1980s. The magazine sits on my end table and every morning I read one story.
Hot diggity dog
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
After COVID hit, she had to change her meeting. But boy did she relish the chance to make it work
A Common Desire
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
Young, old, gay, straight, trans, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, atheist, angry, happy, sad... if we don’t want to drink, we’re welcome
Letting go
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
How a longtimer learned to observe her thoughts and identify her defects so they don’t take her freedom away
Harvesting Kindness
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
The seeds of wisdom and love a dear friend planted are still growing. And luckily there’s still more digging to do
Her Best Friend Beer
July 2011
Oh, how she would miss her trusty buddy; you know, the one that ruined her life
Web Exclusive: 12-Days Of Thanksgiving
July 2011
A newsman has just “a couple of drinks” to calm himself for a radio job on Thanksgiving day
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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