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
Living in a human world
Magazine Issue
June 2022
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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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