30 days at sea
February 2023
| Making Amends
Marshall created a 30-day coin for me with the cruise papers. I held onto that like it was my key to freedom. I owe him my life.
Passageway to my soul
February 2023
| Making Amends
A longtime member shares about the sponsors and fellows who will always hold a special place in his heart
Roaring Good Time
February 2023
| Making Amends
I was again going to a concert, only this time I was with my two of my granddaughters. Oh, and I was sober. It was one of the greatest nights of my life.
My night behind bars
February 2023
| Making Amends
So angry she could kill, she luckily picked up the phone. Her sponsor knew just what she needed
Learning to feel
February 2023
| Making Amends
Because of AA, her eyes, thoughts and heart are trained toward gratitude rather than self-pity today
At Wit’s End
February 2023
| Making Amends
High Stepping Twelfth Steppers
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
More than 30 years ago, two young women discovered they had a lot in common—including a deep desire to get sober
A Power Saner Than Myself
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| Grapevine Online Exclusives
Navigating both sobriety and mental illness, she finds a path forward in AA
The Death of a Sponsor
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After spending a last few days with the sponsor he loved, he passes on that love to other men in AA
One A Day
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In AA she finally found the medicine that worked—the Steps, prayer and fellowship—one day at a time
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