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.”
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
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
No defense
January 2022
| Beginners
Stop drinking on his own? No problem. Little did he know, a giant warehouse of booze was about to teach him something he’ll never forget
I just kept coming back
January 2022
| Beginners
She didn’t understand why they told her to return tomorrow, but it worked. That was just the love she needed
99 problems
January 2022
| Beginners
How was he ever going to get his life in shape and these people off his back? Luckily, his sponsor had a plan
A Prayer for The Ex
January 2022
| Beginners
Oh great. She’s trying to get sober and her husband is suing her. And now they suggest she pray for him? Right!
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.
I got my life back
January 2022
| Beginners
It's not easy swimming through a drinking world when you're newly sober, but keep going. It gets so much better
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