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
Naked before my creator
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
One member strips the Fifth Step down to this: If we don’t do this vital Step, we might go back to drinking
Down Comes the Wall
May 2024
| How the Steps Changed My Life
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
Always Hope
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
An oldtimer shares some things he’s learned to keep his head above water on the long, sober swim
Set free
May 2023
| Home Group
Something big changed in him sitting in Eric’s car that afternoon. And it’s a gift he gets to pass on to others
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