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Laundry day

April 2023 | AA & Families
When he got out of the detox program, he began going to AA meetings. He soon began to smile more and return to the son I knew. I wanted desperately to stop drinking myself.

Tick tick tick

January 2023 | Spiritual Awakenings
She knew AA was a cult because they all had tattoos. Now she just needed the password!

Borrowing God

June 2022 | Stories by Longtimers!
Every day she prayed to Kate’s God, not knowing if it would work.
Then one day, while looking at a beautiful sunrise, she knew

A very good April

April 2022 | What's On Your Mind?
It’s now many years later. I will go out and hide the Easter eggs before anyone else gets up. Finding AA and getting sober was a miracle of my life.

Hot diggity dog

March 2022 | Emotional Sobriety
After COVID hit, she had to change her meeting. But boy did she relish the chance to make it work

Meetings, Meetings, Meetings

January 2020 | Spiritual Awakenings
A perfect depiction of why “meeting-makers make it”

A Day of Love, Service and Turkey

November 2018
A group anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving early—and to give thanks to AA through service

One scary guy

August 2016
AA is full of surprises. An old-timer remembers the day he got a really big one

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