Help Wanted
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
I had been fired again. I was hitting bottom, though I didn’t know that at the time. I picked up the pay phone in the coffee shop. That was my First Step.
Surrender
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
A moment on a winter day reminds him that if we just let go and give up
fighting we can let others help us fly again
fighting we can let others help us fly again
Lights Out
June 2011
Even without electricity, a struggling alcoholic plugs in to a group’s sober energy
One Year Later
June 2011
A sober member celebrating a year looks back on a life with alcohol that began when he was 9 years old
A Surprise in the Cemetery
June 2011
A uncanny visit to Doctor Bob’s grave site helps this member stay sober many years later
Web Exclusive: They Told Me: "To Drink is to Die"
June 2011
A young member from a family devasted by the effects of alcoholism finds her way to AA.
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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