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The Experiment

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
To help with Step One, they suggested she try some controlled drinking. So she did. Let’s see how it went

The Man in Dakar

March 2023 | Get Into Service
I jumped from my seat. I demanded that we didn’t need AA. I remember feeling embarrassed after my tirade because he just continued to speak politely.

Trust

December 2022 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
As an active alcoholic, I had been unable to quit drinking for years and years. I tried over and over, but could not find a way to free myself. I was like the frenzied wren.

On a Mıssıon

October 2022 | Relapse
How did he end up drunk on a road to his brother’s house with a gun? He should have listened to his sponsor

No words needed

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
On the road to clean up the past with his sons, he recalls one night that especially stands out

At Peace with the World

August 2021 | Seniors in AA
Just when he needed to dive back in the program and help someone, he met an old boxer named Jake

Ignite the Spirit

August 2021 | Seniors in AA
Through the freedom of the Steps, she’s no longer a prisoner of her mind or the booze that took her away

Amends with the ex

June 2021 | Dating & Relationships
Luckily, she got another good look in the mirror before meeting an old flame—this time to check her motives

To Value You More

April 2021 | Fun in Sobriety
One day in her Step study group, an oldtimer discovers something brand-new about Step Four. Proof that the learning and growing never stops

Surrender

January 2021 | Oldtimers!
A moment on a winter day reminds him that if we just let go and give up
fighting we can let others help us fly again

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