99 problems

January 2022 | Beginners
How was he ever going to get his life in shape and these people off his back? Luckily, his sponsor had a plan

I just kept coming back

January 2022 | Beginners
She didn’t understand why they told her to return tomorrow, but it worked. That was just the love she needed

No defense

January 2022 | Beginners
Stop drinking on his own? No problem. Little did he know, a giant warehouse of booze was about to teach him something he’ll never forget

We are one

January 2022 | Beginners
Once too unique for AA, he now sees how much we’re the same and how much we need each other

Counting Days in my PJs

January 2022 | Beginners
Even in a pandemic, she got sober, connected, traveled the world and made a host of new friends

Here lies a Hampshire Grenadier

January 2022 | Beginners
On a worldwide sober trip, a member spends a cherished moment in the footsteps of our cofounder

Reaching for the Sky

January 2022 | Beginners
Getting sober opened a brand new adventure of climbing heights—and she hasn’t looked back

The Front Lines

January 2022 | Beginners
Dimly lit rooming houses, emergency rooms, even rooftops— he keeps reaching out. And once in a good while they reach back

Green Pastures

January 2022 | Beginners
A farm boy shares how he took the seed someone planted and got five decades of a meaningful sober life

Glad we took the steps

January 2022 | Beginners
I pointed to the AA sign and said, “Let’s go up there” My dad said, “Oh, no.”
When we got home, I told my mother about this and she remarked, “Oh yes, your father needs to go up there.”

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