The Grateful 5
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
When COVID-19 struck, our meetings in here stopped. AAs on the outside are fortunate enough to have the Internet. We inmates aren’t so lucky.
Globe-trotting
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
When the pandemic caused his AA meeting in Japan to go viral, alcoholics from around the world joined in
Connecting in a Crisis
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
A Central Office manager shares some joy watching alcoholics bond in the midst of trying time
Chain Reaction
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
In Twelfth Step work, sometimes we throw a stone, making ripples that keep on going in ways we can’t imagine
Saddest Christmas Ever
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
No job, no wife, no driver’s license or money. Here he was 30 days sober, in the cold, and now the AA meeting door was locked
No Meetings in Sight
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
What to do when a large section of the state you’re in has no AA meetings? One woman was about to find out
Irma’s Aftermath
August 2018
Seeking shelter from the storm, an alcoholic finds solace in an AA meeting whose theme is “Repairing the Damage”
The Message
August 2018
At the treatment center, two women and a special message finally got through to one suffering alcoholic
I Might Have A Drinking Problem
August 2018
After years of humiliation and painful physical injuries, he realized that drinking was not the way to heal his childhood trauma
Sliding Into Home
August 2018
The feeling she has when she arrives at the safe haven of her morning home group is like scoring a run in the extended battle against alcoholism
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