“Do You Really Have to ‘Wanna’?”
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When “wanting” it is not enough, sobriety can be an undeserved, but treasured, gift
Two Years of Sobriety
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Checking in at two years sober… and counting
Marine, Mom and Alcoholic
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To escape the hell she was living in, she put herself in “the middle of AA.” She’s still there
From the Streets to the Rooms
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Homeless and at her first AA meeting, she was hoping to get kicked out—until she read the Steps on the wall…
At Wit’s End
August 2020
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In a Canberra Jail
August 2020
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A Toronto fireman discovers the joys of service taking meetings to prisoners Down Under
The Thinker
August 2020
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I read all the works of the great philosophers—and I do mean all. I did not have an epiphany.
Sentenced: A Good Life
August 2020
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An old-timer remembers the judge in the 1960s who sent him to Ed, who cracked open the gate to freedom
Changing Course
August 2020
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I was nourished by these women. What resonated loudly was hearing that “getting sober is like trying to turn the Titanic around.” The woman’s words shook me to my core.
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