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Roaring Good Time

February 2023 | Making Amends
I was again going to a concert, only this time I was with my two of my granddaughters. Oh, and I was sober. It was one of the greatest nights of my life.

The best son I can be

February 2023 | Making Amends
With his sponsor’s help, a member learns to make living amends for the next 21 years of his mother’s life

Things can change

February 2023 | Making Amends
I couldn’t believe it, but my mouth opened and these words came out: “Dad, I’m sorry I blamed you for everything wrong in my life.” Wow.

Losing Patti

October 2015
A member recalls how her sister's illness and subsequent death helped her get sober

Back in My Heart

October 2015
She keeps her father's boyhood photo to remind her of how far her healing has come

Carving Out Faith

October 2015
She finally found a connection with her Higher Power that couldn’t be smashed

Change in Focus

October 2015
Desperate to relate to her difficult mother, she let the Steps help her put the microscope away

One Man's Trash

October 2015

I Got My Wish

October 2015
Once she got sober, Alcoholics Anonymous gave this transgender woman something she always wanted

We Never Know What God Has Planned

October 2015
How a sober mom just kept showing up and somehow ended up with the keys to Intergroup

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