The Day The Obsession Lifted
January 2017
After numerous relapses, a newcomer desperate for a drink allows someone else to take the wheel—and sees a glimmer of hope on the road ahead
A Family Like No Other
January 2017
Sober for the first time at 61, this woman offers a prayer of gratitude for the welcoming family she found in the AA rooms
Under-Slept, Over-Served
January 2017
He got drunk and missed a crucial career meeting—but found that his Higher Power had an even bigger job in store for him.
My First AA Experience
January 2017
She attended her first meeting drunk and the hand of AA did not reach out to her. Sober ten years later, she remembers with resentment—and forgivness.
Better Late Than Never?
January 2017
It isn’t your age that counts when you come into the program, it’s your willingness, as one older newcomer discovers
Welcome To The Dungeon
January 2017
Dragging himself out of the solitary apartment where he did his drinking, he found an unexpected blessing in the neighbor who used to make his life miserable
Cheat Sheet To Sobriety
January 2017
The period from five to ten can be a little dangerous if AA’s turn complacent, but one woman has found a solution
Making it Easy for Others to Love Us
January 2017
Years of AA have given him sobriety and acceptance and a life with compassion and wonder
Loose nut
January 2017
Once a danger at the wheel, she reduced her speed and joined the highway to emotional sobriety
Coming home
January 2017
At a troubled time, he did the right thing and went home to be of service. He was met with some beautiful surprises
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