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Party Guy

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
Many nights after the bar had closed, he’d still be downing whiskey shots. Oh yeah...the wife and kids

Return to sender

September 2023 | Young & Sober
With a little help from his sponsor, the Big Book and the U.S. mail, he finally took the action to heal the past with his dad

The Guys Who Got Me Here

February 2023 | Making Amends
A member in St. Louis lovingly shares about his many adventures with sponsorship

A tough amend

September 2021 | Young & Sober!
How would he ever make amends to the man he had knifed in the back? In AA, we find a way

Keys, Title & a Hug

May 2021 | Our Twelve Steps
After hitting a sober bottom, a newcomer gets busy doing the Steps with his sponsor and things start looking up

Showtime

March 2021 | Making Amends
After years of bad blood, it was time to make amends to his mom. Who knew it would involve a new outfit and a bunch of dancing

The need to be right

June 2019 | Letting Go of Resentments
He tried all the tools he could think of to end a huge resentmemt toward his wife—except one

A Box of Pears

September 2014
Her relationship with the mother who gave her up for adoption was chilly and distant until she heard Lisa's story in a meeting

Digging Out

March 2013
The Ninth Step helps a sober man make his way out of the ditch

If It Ain't Nailed Down

March 2013
She cleaned out the treatment center, now it was time to clean up her past

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