Passing it on
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
What began as a frantic search for a beloved ceramic buddy became a beautiful, unexpected lesson in letting go
Huge Amounts of Love
May 2023
| Home Group
The gifts of kindness and patience that go into sponsoring come back in ways we can’t imagine
Knowing When to Leave
April 2023
| AA & Families
After 33 years of marriage, it was decision time. With AA’s help, she made her move
3000 Sober Sisters
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
She used to drink at women. Now she’s trading numbers, doing service and making lifelong friends
Peace of Mind
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
After several years, he still had not had a spiritual awakening. Then one early morning something shifted
¡Bienvenidos a AA! / Welcome to AA!
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
The closest Spanish-language meeting was almost 90 minutes from our town. That meant a person was on the road for three hours. That simply wasn’t acceptable
No amount of Razor Wire
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Two members shared how their mothers were now asking their sober incarcerated sons for advice. I could not keep my self-constructed dam in place any longer.
Not giving up
September 2022
| Young & Sober
She got sober online and met her sponsor in the park. She even listened to meetings as she fell asleep at night
Open for Business
September 2022
| Young & Sober
Feeling all alone in a college town, she and some other young AAs came up with a plan
All Hands on Deck
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
An Intergroup in Minnesota comes up with a plan to write to prisoners together
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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