What Matters Most
April 2022
| What's On Your Mind?
Sharon had lost her driver’s license after her most recent arrest. After the meeting I would drive her home. All this time in the car was sponsorship time
A sponsor with less time?
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
My choices in a sponsor with longer sobriety than I had were few. Then one day, our youngest child in AA happened to mention something about her sponsee
Ignite the Spirit
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
Through the freedom of the Steps, she’s no longer a prisoner of her mind or the booze that took her away
Keeping It Real
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
After COVID shuts down all meetings, he stays sober in prison, writing his sponsor, praying and helping others as best he can
A majestic night
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
What was supposed to be just a ride home from a meeting turned out to be a show of a lifetime
Mom gets busy
May 2018
Thanks to her sponsor, she learned that life gets more full, not less, when you get sober
Web Exclusive: Learning to Give it Away
March 2011
After 10 years in and out of Alcoholics Anonymous, it was a sponsor who helped this AA member learn to help others in recovery.
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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