My First Foreign Trip Sober

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members
It wasn’t quite 90 meetings in 90 days around the world, but wherever this AA went, the warm embrace of Alcoholics Anonymous welcomed him

Return to Jail

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members
Sober now, she speaks at the prison she was once locked up in—and finds it to be a transformative experience

Easy Does It Doing It

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members
After years of going out and coming back in, he discovered that everything happened for a reason

Becoming An Atheist Renewed my Faith in AA

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members
He stopped believing in God—and started believing in the life AA had given him

Higher Powers and Nonbelievers

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members
He was finally going to admit the fact that he was ‘happy, joyous and God-free.’ Would others in the rooms accept him?

Service in A Battered Suitcase

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members
A clear-eyed look at the beauty (and difficulty) of service

Alcoholism At Large

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members

At Wit's End

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members

Lucky fingers

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members
In her darkest hour, she walked a digital path until she found a woman named Debbie

Practice practice practice

February 2019 | Stories by Our Longtime Members

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