Coffee Queen
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
Every Sunday, she takes in the love and tries not to spill, doing the best ever service job in all of AA
A Double life
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
After decades of sobriety, she was now driving drunk and hiding bottles. The secrecy was killing her
Hats off to Tradition 5
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
He finally put down the bottle and got to a meeting. But what was everyone talking about? And what did it have to do with drinking?
Mysterious Ways
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
You never know when an opportunity to carry the message will come. A little prayer to be of maximum service is always a good way to start my day.
No Matter What
June 2018
She didn’t expect kindness or understanding after her last DUI, but she got it, and from an unexpected source—the cop who had arrested her
Just Maybe
June 2018
It was the most difficult amends he would ever have to make in his life, but he found that an ounce of willingness carried him a long way
When Years Turn To Tears
June 2018
Faced with sorrow and pain, she turned to working the Steps—and learned all over again how to forgive herself
The Slippery Slope
June 2018
He was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde drinker all his life—respectable, but with a hidden “inventory” of booze
A Piece of Cake
June 2018
What do a piece of cake and a 12th Step call have in common? Helping a suffering alcoholic
Long Strange Trip
June 2018
They were childhood buddies who drank and drugged together, then got sober. Now they were taking one final road trip
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