One Seder at a Time
April 2024
| Happy Birthday Big Book!
A newcomer navigates his first real social test. Thank goodness for helpful oldtimers and grape juice!
Ranger Danger
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
A sober park ranger alone in remotest Alaska gets offered a shot of whiskey from some fishermen. Big Book to the rescue!
Outvoted
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
A proposed change at her Step study meeting became a valuable lesson in group conscience
Doing just fine
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
As the battering rams pummel his little slice of the world, he’ll be OK today because he’s sober
The perfect night
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
Just as the midnight mass bells were ringing, he and his partner were heading to jail
Music to my ears
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
Hurricane season
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
Once a drunken storm of bad behavior and unrealistic expectations, her holidays are now filled with love
Mom’s Holiday Gift
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
At two years sober, she was tempted by some bubbly Christmas “cheer.” Luckily she thought the drink through
My First Sober Thanksgiving
November 2023
| Gratitude
How on earth will he celebrate without booze? A newcomer gets a wonderful surprise
The One-Minute Solution
November 2023
| Gratitude
Through mountains of snow and clothes, a dad discovers a secret to gratitude on a trip to help his daughter come home for the holidays
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