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Lonely & New

March 2023 | Get Into Service
Isolating and drinking alone at home had been so lonely. Luckily, my new involvement in AA service committees became a way for me to fill that idle time with usefulness.

Who I Really Am

March 2021 | Making Amends
Being reminded of the man he never wants to be again keeps this father on the path of a good life

Spot Check On I-94

October 2020 | Money and Sobriety
Trying to hold it together with a car full of rambunctious kids, a sober dad gets more and more lost. Time for Step Ten!

World’s best coffee guy

October 2020 | Money and Sobriety
The new cookie king was about to learn a valuable lesson regarding his group’s prudent reserve

The Committee

July 2020 | AA Around The World
Voices # 1,2,3 and 4 have lots to say about Andy’s day off. Oh wait, #5 does too

A Meeting to Remember

April 2020 | Home Group
One day at her home group, a surprising thing happened that opened her eyes to Step Three

Thank You Ladies

March 2020 | Puzzled
Bringing meetings to women at a local jail has given new meaning to her sobriety

Proof

November 2019 | Grapevine Classics
Faith found him when he least expected it—and brought him back to AA

Searching for something bigger

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
An alcoholic shares about his small-town struggle with judgement, inclusion and Step Three

What Goes Around Comes Around

July 2019 | The Prison Issue
It took more than 20 years—and all Three Legacies—for him to become the AA member and man he’d envisioned

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