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Filling Up

June 2022 | Stories by Longtimers!
I was really steaming when I turned the car off and started to fill up my tank. Just then, I heard a lady on the other side of the pump ask me if I could help her.

Living in a human world

June 2022 | Stories by Longtimers!
When loss and grief come, we pray and reach out for help. The beauty happens when we share it with others

Filling Up

Magazine Issue June 2022 | Topics Emotional Sobriety

Living in a human world

Magazine Issue June 2022 | Topics Emotional Sobriety Family Getting through Adversity

Feeling Safe to Share

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
Doing the Steps, learning to set boundaries and working with others helped her connect with life again

Remembering to Welcome All

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
The Steps help him look at his painful past and amend the way he treats others

Loving Myself

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
A lesbian member shares about acceptance, tolerance, relationships, God and staying sober in AA since 1979

Sentenced: A Good Life

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
An old-timer remembers the judge in the 1960s who sent him to Ed, who cracked open the gate to freedom

Experience, Strength and Hope

July 2018
He was such a nice guy—why did everyone abandon him? Maybe it was that bottle that contained self-pity as well as vodka

Speaking of humility

July 2018
What? After weeks of research and rehearsal for his big talk about Step Seven they chose a different speaker?

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