A Cold December Night
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Watching two AA guys on a Twelfth Step call was a Christmas Eve gift he’ll never forget
Start with a Prayer
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
With love and lots of determination, a member tries to carry the AA message to a remote community in New Mexico
Closer Than You Think
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Service led her to online meetings, where she now gets to help others who can’t reach us
One Won’t Hurt
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
An outing with old friends, a nice restaurant and a delicious martini. What could possibly go wrong?
Time To Shake Some Hands
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
One member says that when the treatment vans pull up, we have some work to do
St. Louis Blues
August 2016
Too much booze and a nasty fistfight got this 20-year-old mother a one-way ticket to a psych ward
Web Exclusive: God at the Picnic Table
July 2011
A group of AAs turns it over to God and pulls together a Traditions workshop
Long Days Past
July 2011
Confined to a prison without meetings, an inmate recalls when he, too, used to be “too busy”
Web Exclusive: I May Be On My Last Chance
July 2011
He learned firsthand that not everyone gets a second chance to get sober
One Night at the Bar
July 2011
A part-time job in a bar turned out to be the beginning of years of relapsing
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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