A Wonderful, Strange Twist
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
A firefighter shares his remarkable journey involving a sponsee, a DNA test and many family secrets
Learning to live
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
A drunk teacher flunks out again and again, then miraculously scores two As
Cash & Prizes
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
Expensive cars, a big house, fancy suits...why was he so miserable at 10 years sober?
Traci
August 2023
| AA in the Military
Through painful challenges, she’s managed to get sober, turn her past to good use and find her place in AA
Fear no more
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
Asking his Higher Power to remove the thing that ruled his life for years took some surprising humbling action
Set free
May 2023
| Home Group
Something big changed in him sitting in Eric’s car that afternoon. And it’s a gift he gets to pass on to others
Safe to belong
March 2023
| Get Into Service
He expresses his gratitude for Tradition Three and how it helped hin claim his chair
The Hope I Found
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
A gentleman gave me a Big Book at no cost. Wow, free stuff! I had no idea what I held in my hand. He suggested I start reading it. “Most importantly,” he said, “don’t drink.”
Peace of Mind
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
After several years, he still had not had a spiritual awakening. Then one early morning something shifted
Glad I Made It
October 2022
| Relapse
She was going to Al-Anon for everyone else. Now it was time to look at herself
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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