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Getting Filled Up

March 2021 | Making Amends
How a quick stop for gas in Las Vegas began as a robbery and turned out to be a moment for hope

Getting back up

January 2020 | Spiritual Awakenings
I came into AA in Los Angeles in 1965. I’ve been sober ever since. Through the years, action has been the magic that has kept me going.

A Cold December Night

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Watching two AA guys on a Twelfth Step call was a Christmas Eve gift he’ll never forget

A Letter Every Week

December 2014
A writing assignment from her sponsor healed years and years of anger

Who Is that Boy in the Painting?

January 2012
Lost in alcohol, a young man robs his own parents and can't believe who he's become

Web Exclusive: Pass It Down

March 2011
An AA shares how he learned about district service from good service sponsors.

The Perfect weekend

October 2010
After 60 years in AA, an old-timer reflects back to the first convention

Most humble?

April 2010
If there really were a 'humility pin,' his would have been confiscated

AA IS FOR US

February 2010
N.Y. committee members draw other young people into service by attraction

Helping Others

January 2006
In taking a meeting to inmates, AAs find they receive more than they give

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