My place in the world
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
No longer in the center of the universe, a longtime member in Tasmania is content to deal with things as they come along
62 years of showing up
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
Out of chaos
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
For years she controlled everyone else, until alcohol snuck up on her
100 quilts
February 2017
How a drunken grandma put down the bottle and began to patch together a warm, useful life
Step work
February 2017
A sponsee learns it’s not about winning, it’s about appreciating the road he’s on
Glad to Empty our Pockets
August 2015
Two AA friends find joy in taking meetings behind five locked metal doors
Just Like Hot Dogs
August 2015
Voted Least Likely?
October 2014
Although she didn't fit the stereotype of an alcoholic, she became one anyway
Upon a Flimsy Reed
October 2014
On first look, she wasn't sure AA had what she wanted, nor that it would work
To Those Who Wait …
October 2014
After not drinking for 25 years, he picked up. Now he has four years sober in AA
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