Just like my brother

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA

Journey home

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
Though her father and brother didn’t make it, she and her sister knew exactly where to go

Back on track

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
After a sudden layoff, a guy with one year puts his wheels in motion, stays sober and keeps on going

Maniacal thirst

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
Drinking, slurring, falling down, blacking out—she was in a hall of mirrors with no way out

Discussion Topic

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
Our Twelve Traditions

Special workers

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
Why we pay people for certain jobs, but not for Twelfth Step work

To remember without anger

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
The program helped him find compassion, love and a new definition of forgiveness

Taught me to love

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
A homecoming queen, brought down by liquor, reconnects with her family and learns to live again

A pillow, a blanket & hot soup

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
At his end, with nowhere to go, an alcoholic gets a helping hand from someone from the “other side of town” reached out

Not too much to ask

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
A member reminds us that it never hurts to be kind, patient and accepting of one another

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