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.
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.
No words needed
February 2022
| Getting Through Tough Times
On the road to clean up the past with his sons, he recalls one night that especially stands out
Ignite the Spirit
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
Through the freedom of the Steps, she’s no longer a prisoner of her mind or the booze that took her away
Surrender
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
A moment on a winter day reminds him that if we just let go and give up
fighting we can let others help us fly again
fighting we can let others help us fly again
Last call
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
It was 1985. She took out a dime and stared at her shot glass. Then she walked over to the phone and saved her life
The stranger
October 2018
On a quiet road, an alcoholic encounters a man who gives him the faith to sing at the top of his lungs
In a Child’s Room
April 2015
The day HP took a dad’s eyes off the wall and directed them to the bottle in his hand
25-lb. turkey, 500-lb. phone
November 2014
How a newcomer gets through his first stressful sober Thanksgiving
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