Enjoying the Mess
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
A grandmother expresses gratitude for the joy of sobriety, even when it’s time to clean up
Another chance
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
An old-timer recalls how AA helped him grieve and gave him the opportunity to give the kind of love a dad can give
Jumpstart
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
She came right up to me. “How many years do you have sober?” she asked. “Almost 17,” I replied. Without missing a beat, she said, “Well, how would you like to be our Intergroup Rep?”
The Father Who Left
September 2014
It was many years later that he would return to play a part in the son's sobriety
Thoughts on the Tenth Step
September 2014
For this AA, that was the Step that helped him become an adult
A Thinking Problem
September 2014
AA helped him with more than his drinking and he learned how to be happy
Something Was Wrong
September 2014
She had always sensed that things weren't right; but she didn't know it was alcoholism
My Bulldog Brain
September 2014
When she was able to let go of intellectual pride, she began to identify in the rooms
Letter from Chiang Mai
September 2014
In sobriety, he got a new inner life and followed his dreams across the globe
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