It’s a way of life
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
Woodstoves, rides with strangers, wonderful friends and lots of coffee. An oldtimer remembers the early days
The Crazy 8
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
A jovial crew of eager volunteers gathers to bring love and fellowship to a sponsor on the mend
When Things Happen
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
A longtime member ponders what to do when home group conflicts arise
Unexpected Retreat
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
Where would she ever find AA on a remote mountain during a pandemic? She was about to be surprised
Greeter? What’s a Greeter?
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
Setting up chairs? Putting out the books? She’s thrilled to be sober, but what’s everyone talking about?
See? I’m not an Alcoholic!
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
He wasn’t about to stop drinking. Then one day a sober Navy buddy put him to the test
What’s On Your Mind: Chanting
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
It does “work if you work it,” but do you really need to keep saying that?
The Drink That Saved My Life
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
He reached for the bottle of cooking wine as a last resort—but it may have kept him alive
What Goes Around Comes Around
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
It took more than 20 years—and all Three Legacies—for him to become the AA member and man he’d envisioned
AA Brings Hope
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
An AA brings the message, and a “vision of hope,” to inmates in a county jail
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