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Steps to Freedom

May 2024 | How the Steps Changed My Life
After 35 years of living in the Steps, he gratefully recalls how much better life is

Naked before my creator

May 2024 | How the Steps Changed My Life
One member strips the Fifth Step down to this: If we don’t do this vital Step, we might go back to drinking

It’s What We Do

May 2024 | How the Steps Changed My Life
What all does AA give us? A member in Kentucky attempts to answer

Just in Time

October 2023 | Mid-Sobriety Challenges
Full of rage at 20 years sober, a mail carrier gets a special delivery from her Higher Power

12 Reasons to Stay

September 2023 | Young & Sober
Each Tuesday night he joins his Step companions to read and share and watch each other’s lives change

Getting the work done

August 2023 | AA in the Military
Some members get paid to help make Twelfth Step work possible—but not to stay sober themselves

Forgiving Dad

August 2023 | AA in the Military
In her drinking years, she blamed her father for abandoning her. Then she got the chance to make things right

A Treasure To Be Shared

July 2023 | Annual Prison Issue
For 28 years, sharing her experience with another alcoholic never stops reminding her how blessed she is

12 Steps to Maui

June 2023 | Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
On the beautiful shores of Hawaii, there’s a group of alcoholics who love their Twelve and Twelve

Passages I love

June 2023 | Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
Instrumental thoughts on instincts, prayer, Traditions, becoming useful, faith—and, oh yeah, Rule 62

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