Forgiving Dad
August 2023
| AA in the Military
In her drinking years, she blamed her father for abandoning her. Then she got the chance to make things right
The Medicine My Heart Needed
August 2022
| Sober Travel
How do we find forgiveness when it seems nearly impossible? One member reaches out for help
Torn apart
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
The letter to her sister may have been ripped up. But the lesson she learned about making amends was delivered
Keys, Title & a Hug
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
After hitting a sober bottom, a newcomer gets busy doing the Steps with his sponsor and things start looking up
Mended Hearts
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
Sometimes “willing to make amends” can take a long time. But he kept praying and trying and the healing came
To remember without anger
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
The program helped him find compassion, love and a new definition of forgiveness
Never too late
May 2018
It took a little time, but she learned to love her mom, thanks to the wonder of Step Nine
Desert Storm
August 2016
How a woman left out in the wild to die found the willingness and forgiveness to consider a most unimaginable amend
Sponsor Shopping
February 2016
He headed out to find a new guy to help him, but returned with a cart full of compassion
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