A Question of Sanity
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
A newcomer gets a little Higher Power logic to help him find his way to Step Two
Indeed Miraculous
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
Through AA, he found a new, more powerful relationship with a Higher Power that was with him his whole life
It was Grace
September 2023
| Young & Sober
She came to realize that a Higher Power was looking over her all the time
Safe & Loved
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
A gay member shares about his struggles with Step Two and how his grandmother helped out
While You’re Down There…
February 2023
| Making Amends
It was suggested that I throw my shoes up under the bed, and when I got up in the morning, since I was down on my knees anyway, to pray. Well, I did not do that.
The hole in my soul
February 2023
| Making Amends
For years she searched for something bigger and still felt empty, until AA turned on a light
Trust
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
As an active alcoholic, I had been unable to quit drinking for years and years. I tried over and over, but could not find a way to free myself. I was like the frenzied wren.
Hold Me Safe
November 2022
| Fun in Sobriety
A dream, a storm and a letter to his dad helped him find his way to Step Two
My prayer was answered
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
I would say out loud in meetings that, “God let me down. I went to church and was praying to stop drinking and now I’m stuck here in AA.” Finally a guy cross-talked me.
Liquid gratitude
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
Sometimes we don’t need to understand or explain our belief in a Higher Power—we just feel it
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