Like A Gem
September 2017
After thirty years of self-destructive drinking nearly killed him, he discovered sobriety that he burnished into a precious jewel
Surfside Beach
September 2017
The water at her hometown beach was brown, the sand covered with tar, but, like her alcoholism, it was “normal.” Sobriety gave her a different perspective
Changing Boats
November 2013
The fellowship he found in the rooms was much more real than the one he found in the bars
Living Without Drinking
November 2013
While living in a halfway house, he learned how to stay sober through service
The Open Hand of Friendship
November 2013
Shaking and scared, a newcomer is taken under the wing of an AA at a meeting
Surrender, Not Submission
November 2013
After a relapse, she changed the way she practiced the program
Sterling's Son
November 2013
After getting sober in AA, he was able to become the son he always had wanted to be
Not Too Early
November 2013
A court order got him into AA but the young people he met helped him stay
I Fell off the Apple Tree
November 2013
Despite his intentions, he became an alcoholic much like his father
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