The Slippery Slope
June 2018
He was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde drinker all his life—respectable, but with a hidden “inventory” of booze
Dear Grapevine
June 2018
Not a river in Egypt
June 2018
Even in sobriety, denial ruled his life. But Step Six and a cool Higher Power helped him begin to accept reality and lift his head out of the sand
In a safe place
June 2018
While working in a refugee camp, a member tells how she stays sane, sober and most of all, grateful
Color my world
January 2018
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How cobalt blue and fire engine red helped brighten her way through early sobriety
Norm’s world
January 2018
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He still loves to go there, but thanks to AA, his stays are a whole lot shorter
The Invisible Threshold
July 2015
She thought if she told the truth in the rooms, she would be cast out, shunned and unloved. It turned out the opposite was true
The Ex-Mother-In-Law
July 2015
In her mind, she needed to punish the awful woman who took her kids, but her Higher Power had a better idea
Removing the Muck
July 2015
The River's Flow
July 2015
After diving back into the program, a member with 27 years returns to a familiar wooded spot and learns a beautiful lesson
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