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
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Topics
Emotional Sobriety
Living in a human world
Magazine Issue
June 2022
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Topics
Emotional Sobriety
Family
Getting through Adversity
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?”
Close to the Edge
September 1993
My life hadn't become unmanageable, it had become crazy. . . . That was my moment of clarity.
Go Tell It to the Doctor
November 1978
The doctor thought she ought to be dead and was curious to know why she wasn't - From the May 1967 Grapevine
I'm Worried About You, Old-Timer. . .
November 1978
and about some of the things you told me a few years ago - From the December 1970 Grapevine
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