Green Pastures
January 2022
| Beginners
A farm boy shares how he took the seed someone planted and got five decades of a meaningful sober life
Here lies a Hampshire Grenadier
January 2022
| Beginners
On a worldwide sober trip, a member spends a cherished moment in the footsteps of our cofounder
Counting Days in my PJs
January 2022
| Beginners
Even in a pandemic, she got sober, connected, traveled the world and made a host of new friends
Don’t do this!
January 2022
| Beginners
We got out of the car and Kirby stuck a Big Book under his arm and we headed up the walkway, acting like we knew what we were doing. Kirby knocked on the screen door.
Right in the Middle
January 2022
| Beginners
In Aruba for her granddaughter’s wedding, a newcomer uses every tool she has to surround herself with AA
A Moment in the Dark
September 2015
In a sea of empty beer cans, he had made his home a prison. What would it take to break free?
My Ears Are Free
September 2015
What Do We Do About the Wine?
June 2015
Or, how I learned to toast the Queen without really drinking
Traveling to Russia
June 2015
A sober retiree tells of her experiences looking for meetings in St. Petersburg
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