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.
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
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
We can get through anything
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
He’s gotten through moves, loved one’s deaths, viral meningitis and age issues, and he hasn’t had a drink since 1970
Sweet rescue
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
Lockdown isolation led to depression, then finally to an ice-cold beer, but it was something red and tasty that saved him
Wrapped in Fellowship
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
Being a sober AA member doesn’t mean I will have a life free of trials and tribulations, but what it does give me is a Fellowship I can rely on.
The long road back
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
Thanks to prayer, fellowship and a good sponsor, she held onto her sanity through a long, serious work injury
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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