And When We Were Wrong
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
A member expresses his love for the Steps, especially the one where we clean things up and keep our mouths shut
Unity=Love
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
A member shares how we use the tools to keep the group together and how no one is more important than the next
Life Moves Along
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
We can never step in the same stream twice, she says after 53 years of sobriety. It’s amazing how each day unfolds
My side of the street
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
With spiritual and fellowship help, he’s learned to step up and clean up when the time comes
It was Grace
September 2023
| Young & Sober
She came to realize that a Higher Power was looking over her all the time
Who’s in Charge?
September 2023
| Young & Sober
A member shares his thoughts on how AA is organized and who’s the ultimate authority
Unacceptable
October 2022
| Relapse
I stood there in line growing more and more impatient. After all, I had important things to do. I didn’t have the time to stand in line waiting for their social hour to end.
Lie of Omission
October 2022
| Relapse
The girl he kissed was not his girlfriend. Oh boy, what to do now?
Letting go
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
How a longtimer learned to observe her thoughts and identify her defects so they don’t take her freedom away
Outed at work
December 2021
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
The last thing she expected was an AA member to reveal her alcoholism at the office. Oh boy, was she rattled!
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