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The minute I walked in

March 2023 | Get Into Service
She lovingly looked at me and said, “Sweetie, none of that is a requirement to be here.” I now have more than 11,000 days of sobriety.

Safe to belong

March 2023 | Get Into Service
He expresses his gratitude for Tradition Three and how it helped hin claim his chair

Never More Awake

May 2021 | Our Twelve Steps
When I began taking others through the Steps, I noticed a feeling wash over me. I began to understand how my own story could benefit another.

No Need to Fear

May 2021 | Our Twelve Steps
Alcohol convinced him he was all alone, unable to live life. The Steps brought him back into the light

To Speak or Not to Speak

March 2021 | Making Amends
Reluctant to share at meetings, a teacher says she’s grateful for Tradition Three.
It gave her room to grow until service helped give her a voice

Kind, Benevolent, Caring

March 2021 | Making Amends
My life then could not have been described as safe and secure, caring and kind, or filled with unconditional love and joy. I found all that when I got to AA.

A Meeting to Remember

April 2020 | Home Group
One day at her home group, a surprising thing happened that opened her eyes to Step Three

Choosing to Decide

March 2020 | Puzzled
He’s at the turning point. Can he give up the idea that he can run his life the way he always has before

Close to my heart

June 2017
The necklace she wore told this newcomer that someone very special never gave up

Basic training

April 2017
Five weeks of outpatient were the building blocks to AA and a sober life

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