This Beautiful Thing
January 2022
| Beginners
Being present and working the program has given her a joy for life and a deeper sense of purpose
Glad we took the steps
January 2022
| Beginners
I pointed to the AA sign and said, “Let’s go up there” My dad said, “Oh, no.”
When we got home, I told my mother about this and she remarked, “Oh yes, your father needs to go up there.”
When we got home, I told my mother about this and she remarked, “Oh yes, your father needs to go up there.”
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
The Front Lines
January 2022
| Beginners
Dimly lit rooming houses, emergency rooms, even rooftops— he keeps reaching out. And once in a good while they reach back
Reaching for the Sky
January 2022
| Beginners
Getting sober opened a brand new adventure of climbing heights—and she hasn’t looked back
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
We are one
January 2022
| Beginners
Once too unique for AA, he now sees how much we’re the same and how much we need each other
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
My Time on The Hump
January 2022
| Beginners
Road trips, coffeepots, Steps and donuts—a member recalls the journey he took with his first sponsor
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