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A Shoulder to Cry On

September 2022 | Young & Sober
She’s eager to give back the love she got. But she’s not anyone’s Higher Power

Strong Voice of the Eagle

September 2022 | Young & Sober
I’ve been sober more than 30 years. It has been a great journey. Being in AA and being Anishinabe, I believe, go hand in hand, for my culture is very spiritual and giving.

The Way The Cookie Crumbles

September 2022 | Young & Sober
I went over to the vending machine. But out came oatmeal raisin cookies—not chocolate chip. Maybe God does watch my everyday activities.

90-Year-Old Newcomer

September 2022 | Young & Sober
After decades of drinking, he’s sober now and ready for some new adventures

Sometimes Quickly Sometimes Slowly

September 2022 | Young & Sober
With surrender and action, the Ninth Step Promises came true. But it’s a process, she says. You can’t just flip a switch

Fork in the road

September 2022 | Young & Sober
Young and confused, she identified in meetings, but couldn’t face a life without drinking. Would she stay?
It was decision time

The best gift

December 2018 | Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
How an old makeshift tree on brown butcher paper reminded him of the most important things in life

10 years sober

December 2018 | Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
There in the basement on his plywood bed, he was going to be OK. Something had changed

Thanks, G.U.S.

December 2018 | Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
How a construction worker led him to his new best friend, someone who’d never let him down

Christmas Is Not the 4th of Nothin'

December 1956

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