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It’s my choice

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
I understand and appreciate that AA is not about religion. It’s about sobriety. My choice of a Higher Power is up to me, not AA or its members.

The payoff is Peace

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
After a phenomenal amount of pain, he came to believe and a little darkness lifted off his soul

Up from the Ashes

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
How a mother kept her cool and stayed close to AA as tragedy struck her family and her California town

Deliver With Care

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
The house had two communal copies of the Big Book, and that was all. My new sponsee had very little money, so I got her a copy of each book.

Let’s Use Them Wisely

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
“Nothing can matter more to the future welfare of AA than the manner in which we use this colossus of communication.” —Bill W., 1960

Good Things to Come

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
Getting sober young wasn’t easy. But with a lot of help, he got in the car and hit the road for a long, wonderful life

Looking for Loopholes

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
Young and full of rage, she tried her best to get kicked out of AA. Problem was, people just kept loving her

Sober at 14

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
When I was a freshman in high school, my classmates were joining clubs and sports teams. I was stealing money to buy alcohol.

Something much bigger

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
They kept saying she was on a pink cloud. But she knew this thing she found was much better than that

New Heights

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
I’ve gone hiking on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. I’ve gone white-water rafting. I love going to meetings all over the world, even if I barely speak the language.

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