Passing it on
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
What began as a frantic search for a beloved ceramic buddy became a beautiful, unexpected lesson in letting go
Always Hope
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
An oldtimer shares some things he’s learned to keep his head above water on the long, sober swim
Letting go
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
How a longtimer learned to observe her thoughts and identify her defects so they don’t take her freedom away
Letting go
Magazine Issue
March 2022
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Topics
On the Cover
AA Literature
Emotional Sobriety
Family
Homegroup/Meetings
Spirituality
To Value You More
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
One day in her Step study group, an oldtimer discovers something brand-new about Step Four. Proof that the learning and growing never stops
Forgiveness Set Me Free
April 2020
| Home Group
My hatred for this man was festering in my soul. I sat there in court praying that he’d get a life sentence. Then he got up and spoke.
Forgiveness Set Me Free
Magazine Issue
April 2020
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Topics
Emotional Sobriety
Letters from Readers (Dear Grapevine)
Spirituality
A day at the museum
May 2018
A few days after doing her Fifth Step, a mother takes her kids on a field trip
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