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.
On a Mıssıon
October 2022
| Relapse
How did he end up drunk on a road to his brother’s house with a gun? He should have listened to his sponsor
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
At Peace with the World
August 2021
| Seniors in AA
Just when he needed to dive back in the program and help someone, he met an old boxer named Jake
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
Amends with the ex
June 2021
| Dating & Relationships
Luckily, she got another good look in the mirror before meeting an old flame—this time to check her motives
To Value You More
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
One day in her Step study group, an oldtimer discovers something brand-new about Step Four. Proof that the learning and growing never stops
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
Learning to love
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
After 30 hard years of liquor, violence and incarceration, he found AA, began to make amends and turned his life around
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