Sweet Surrender
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
He stopped swimming upstream and dove into Step three to find a peace and purpose he never knew
A Bargain With God
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
Grateful he didn’t drink, a member shares how he got back on track and took his sobriety to a whole new level
The Experiment
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
To help with Step One, they suggested she try some controlled drinking. So she did. Let’s see how it went
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
Glad we took the steps
January 2022
| Beginners
I pointed to the AA sign and said, “Let’s go up there” My dad said, “Oh, no.”
When we got home, I told my mother about this and she remarked, “Oh yes, your father needs to go up there.”
When we got home, I told my mother about this and she remarked, “Oh yes, your father needs to go up there.”
What my brother taught me
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
A probation and parole officer learns to love AA from the man whose calls she dreaded most
Living Proof
July 2017
How a good kid descended into a life of liquor and jails and found a new way to live in prison
The son I gave up
July 2017
Drinking and partying began to take everything away, even something unimaginable
The Last Time I Saw My Daughter
February 2016
Getting sober with her child wasn't easy, but what happened after Mother's Day was almost more than she could bear
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