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.”
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
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
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
The things They don’t tell you
January 2022
| Beginners
Why was everybody repeating these slogans that didn’t make any sense? “Just hold on”, they said. “You’ll see”
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
Dear Grapevine
January 2022
| Beginners
Letter from the Editor
January 2022
| Beginners
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