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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.

Calvin’s Prayer

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
I heard two things that night: “Come back” and “Pray, if you can.” I knew I was in a fix. But desperation led me to say this prayer anyway.

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

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

Welcome To 2020

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
No meeting rooms? Share on camera? Unmute? How will we do this? COVID-19 kicked this old-timer’s program into high gear

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.

Batten Down the Hatches

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
He used to outdrink all of his buddies. Now he gladly goes to AA meetings wherever he’s deployed

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

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