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Confessions of a cookie longtimer

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
Out of all the service positions in which she got to serve, this one was by far the sweetest

Open Up!

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
What? No meeting today? He was new and now desperate—but he wasn’t alone

10 years of love

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
Sponsoring someone takes on a posturing of offering and accepting. How fortunate it is that AA gives us these relationships to ensure that we’re never alone.

Two Hands Reaching In

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
A member in prison shares gratitude for the love and guidance he gets from men going to any lengths on the outside

Invisible

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
With lots of careful planning, no one would notice her drinking. But then came the day everyone knew

No words needed

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
On the road to clean up the past with his sons, he recalls one night that especially stands out

A Loving Guide

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
A lifelong atheist shares how he participates in his AA group’s decisions

My prayer was answered

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
I would say out loud in meetings that, “God let me down. I went to church and was praying to stop drinking and now I’m stuck here in AA.” Finally a guy cross-talked me.

Liquid gratitude

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
Sometimes we don’t need to understand or explain our belief in a Higher Power—we just feel it

Something to see

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
Though her husband’s illness came at a most difficult time, the love of the Fellowship came through everyone

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