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April 2024 | Happy Birthday Big Book!
A newcomer navigates his first real social test. Thank goodness for helpful oldtimers and grape juice!

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

80 Years & Counting!

May 2023 | Home Group
Since 1942, this home group in New Jersey is still going strong, keeping the doors open for all who need them

No amount of Razor Wire

December 2022 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Two members shared how their mothers were now asking their sober incarcerated sons for advice. I could not keep my self-constructed dam in place any longer.

Let there be light

December 2022 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
After some drama and quick action, their annual AA holiday breakfast went on like a charm

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