Getting used to a new town
August 2022
| Sober Travel
After a stressful move, a member has to think out of the box to adjust to a brand-new home group
Morning Prayer
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
I’m thinking about what I will do today to enhance my sobriety. Clean house with my wife? Answer calls from my sponsees? Buy a motorcycle? I’m here to enjoy the ride.
Let the games begin!
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
Wondering how to keep a positive outlook in sobriety each day? Here’s how one member rolls
An Unfamiliar Inner Peace
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
One day he tried what his sponsor had been telling him about Step Seven. Boy, did that feel good
Hope & a stamp
July 2022
| The Annual Prison Issue
If someone had told me 10 years ago that I would be writing and trying to be helpful to men I never met, I would have thought them crazy, but here I am.
The mop will set you free
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
When he got to AA, he had disappointed everyone and his self-esteem was shot. Sponsor to the rescue!
Filling Up
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
I was really steaming when I turned the car off and started to fill up my tank. Just then, I heard a lady on the other side of the pump ask me if I could help her.
Living in a human world
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
When loss and grief come, we pray and reach out for help. The beauty happens when we share it with others
No Matter What
June 2022
| Stories by Longtimers!
Getting sober for this nonbinary trans alcoholic was not easy. And it was about to get harder
Something had changed
May 2022
| 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
I felt amazing. I went for a long walk on the sea wall in Vancouver, skipping over park benches and talking continuously with my Higher Power.
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