Spot Check On I-94
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
Trying to hold it together with a car full of rambunctious kids, a sober dad gets more and more lost. Time for Step Ten!
I contribute
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
How many of us before coming into AA were always looking for a handout? It feels good to be part of something that’s self-supporting.
$8 an hour
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
After liquor destroyed his career, he had to start all over again. With a leap of faith, he took his sponsor’s suggestion
Let’s make a deal
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
He was just getting sober and back on his feet—and now this? How would he ever pay this huge bill?
Trust
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
Having lost faith in everything, he needed a starting-over point
Looking Inward
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A newcomer’s prayer on a meeting patio one day leads him to a profound personal experience with a Higher Power
It’s my choice
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
I understand and appreciate that AA is not about religion. It’s about sobriety. My choice of a Higher Power is up to me, not AA or its members.
The payoff is Peace
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
After a phenomenal amount of pain, he came to believe and a little darkness lifted off his soul
Time To Fill Up
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
Far from home and feeling low on serenity, he said a little prayer and just followed the signs
Calvin’s Prayer
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
I heard two things that night: “Come back” and “Pray, if you can.” I knew I was in a fix. But desperation led me to say this prayer anyway.
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