First Names Only
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
What helped was the people I met there: a TV actor, doctors, politicians, even schoolteachers! If they could take a chance, why couldn’t I?
Anonymity Break!
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Revealing our membership is a very personal matter. But one AA recalls an unintentional slip that became a beautiful thing
Planting Seeds in Kenya
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Sobriety reignited his love of farming, but a prayer led him on a journey that enhanced his sense of service forever
No amount of Razor Wire
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Two members shared how their mothers were now asking their sober incarcerated sons for advice. I could not keep my self-constructed dam in place any longer.
Dear Grapevine
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
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?
Jumpstart
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
She came right up to me. “How many years do you have sober?” she asked. “Almost 17,” I replied. Without missing a beat, she said, “Well, how would you like to be our Intergroup Rep?”
True Love At the Assembly
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
General service gave her sobriety so many remarkable rewards. But this one was a real surprise
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