Room to Grieve
May 2023
| Home Group
Losing a struggling AA friend can be devastating. One member thinks we don’t discuss this enough
Tough Crowd
May 2023
| Home Group
A member in Oregon fondly remembers the old geezers at his home group who liked to bark orders. Luckily, he grabbed onto Darrell
Light in the Darkness
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
I was reading it aloud to the girls, and I got emotional. This surprised me because that hadn’t happened the first time I read it alone.
In the right place
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
Why should he put the cart back where it belongs? It’s raining and no one will notice
Outed at work
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
The last thing she expected was an AA member to reveal her alcoholism at the office. Oh boy, was she rattled!
He Has What I Want
May 2017
Early diagnosis
March 2017
A doctor gave him a prescription for his shakes. Turned out there was no need for a second opinion
The Ride I'll Never Forget
September 2015
He thought he was just riding his bike to a morning meeting. He had no idea he was making an amends
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