The heart has is reason
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
From a secular childhood in Kansas to a sober life of spiritual awareness was not as far as it seemed
Stealing pens
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
I feel a bit embarrassed that old behavior (snatching what I want) is still so close to the surface, even after a number of years in the program.
Dear Grapevine
April 2020
| Home Group
Ageless Miracles
October 2018
When you come right down to it, age doesn’t matter. But the miracle of sobriety does
Mom gets busy
May 2018
Thanks to her sponsor, she learned that life gets more full, not less, when you get sober
Promises and Principles
January 2016
After ten years in the program, she decided that AA worked for her too
A Free Woman
June 2014
Because the AA volunteers who came looked at her—not through her—she was able to let the program lift her shame
Head for Shore
October 2012
Confronted at his dad's bar, a Navy man discovers the truth about his drinking
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