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Party Guy

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
Many nights after the bar had closed, he’d still be downing whiskey shots. Oh yeah...the wife and kids

Getting the Help

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
A longtime member shares hope for those who have grave emotional and mental issues in sobriety

The Experiment

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
To help with Step One, they suggested she try some controlled drinking. So she did. Let’s see how it went

Little Surrenders

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
For him, each good deed, each kind gesture, is a spiritual experience

It All Adds Up

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
A member lovingly shares about the game of grief, change, faith and love

Enter My Lonely Heart

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
Her first prayers were uttered in despair and desperation, but the best one of all was said sober

My night behind bars

February 2023 | Making Amends
So angry she could kill, she luckily picked up the phone. Her sponsor knew just what she needed

While You’re Down There…

February 2023 | Making Amends
It was suggested that I throw my shoes up under the bed, and when I got up in the morning, since I was down on my knees anyway, to pray. Well, I did not do that.

The hole in my soul

February 2023 | Making Amends
For years she searched for something bigger and still felt empty, until AA turned on a light

Not by accident

February 2023 | Making Amends
How do you clear up the past when you’ve blamed yourself for years for someone’s death?

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