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From a secular childhood in Kansas to a sober life of spiritual awareness was not as far as it seemed

How a much needed meal served up the ingredients for repeated acts of kindness

Through living amends, a grateful sober mother comes full circle with the children she once abandoned for booze

I felt goose bumps on my skin. I believe my Higher Power spoke to me that morning with that Grapevine magazine. God was telling me, “I’m here, man. I never left. I’ve been here all along.”

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He escaped a troubled childhood by joining the army. But he couldn’t escape the bottle