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.”
Green Pastures
January 2022
| Beginners
A farm boy shares how he took the seed someone planted and got five decades of a meaningful sober life
Counting Days in my PJs
January 2022
| Beginners
Even in a pandemic, she got sober, connected, traveled the world and made a host of new friends
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.
Right in the Middle
January 2022
| Beginners
In Aruba for her granddaughter’s wedding, a newcomer uses every tool she has to surround herself with AA
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
Write Your Sobriety Date in Pencil
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
Changing her sobriety date after a relapse, a woman discovers genuine humility
Had enough?
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
He thought he had power over alcohol, until one day someone asked him a question that had only one answer
My imperfect self
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
A minister gets sober in Texas and discovers that he’s been loved and taken care of all along
Our connected energy
January 2019
| Stories for Day Counters!
The power in the rooms that helped her stop drinking also expanded her faith
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