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Shower Not Required

March 2024 | Spanish-Speaking AA Members
Only one thing is asked of him to become a member, he learned, and it’s not whether he has clean socks

The Zinger

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety

The Experiment

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
To help with Step One, they suggested she try some controlled drinking. So she did. Let’s see how it went

What’s With the Dress Code?

September 2023 | Young & Sober
Are the local small-t traditions at our meetings the same as our Twelve Traditions? A member shares his thoughts

On the right road

March 2023 | Get Into Service
Sandy’s class got him on the highway to AA. Once he passed the test, he got to return the favor

The Man in Dakar

March 2023 | Get Into Service
I jumped from my seat. I demanded that we didn’t need AA. I remember feeling embarrassed after my tirade because he just continued to speak politely.

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

Trust

December 2022 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
As an active alcoholic, I had been unable to quit drinking for years and years. I tried over and over, but could not find a way to free myself. I was like the frenzied wren.

Tough Love

October 2022 | Relapse
The kindness kept her coming, but it was the members who told her the truth that saved her life

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