Return to Jail
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
Sober now, she speaks at the prison she was once locked up in—and finds it to be a transformative experience
My First Foreign Trip Sober
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
It wasn’t quite 90 meetings in 90 days around the world, but wherever this AA went, the warm embrace of Alcoholics Anonymous welcomed him
Keep Your Tools Sharp
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
A relapse after 15 years made her realize that “cunning, baffling and powerful” are not just abstract words
Leaning Into The Wind
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
With a DUI-related jail term and a loved one dying, he decided to confront the ill wind blowing through his life head-on
At Wit's End
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
Alcoholism At Large
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
Service in A Battered Suitcase
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
A clear-eyed look at the beauty (and difficulty) of service
Higher Powers and Nonbelievers
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
He was finally going to admit the fact that he was ‘happy, joyous and God-free.’ Would others in the rooms accept him?
Becoming An Atheist Renewed my Faith in AA
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
He stopped believing in God—and started believing in the life AA had given him
Easy Does It Doing It
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
After years of going out and coming back in, he discovered that everything happened for a reason
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