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Gone Fishing

September 2020 | Living Sober Group
Desperate to drink, she had bottles stashed everywhere. This was the best hiding place ever

A Night of Normal Drinking

January 2020 | Spiritual Awakenings
Just in case he ever forgets, a member recalls what an evening out was actually like

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

Taught me to love

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
A homecoming queen, brought down by liquor, reconnects with her family and learns to live again

In & out

April 2019 | Relapse
After suffering for years in the revolving door, he finally found the answer outside himself

Exit lights

April 2019 | Relapse

It's the first car

January 2019 | Stories for Day Counters!
Fresh off the out-of-control liquor train, he learned a valuable lesson: It’s not the caboose that flattens you

Gotta shop around

January 2019 | Stories for Day Counters!
After finally getting through the front door, a newcomer learns that not all meetings are alike

Diehards

November 2018
With just a few weeks sober, a newspaperman learns that some Twelfth Step calls really pay off

My first 600 meetings

October 2018
Have you ever been disturbed by the member who reeks of booze? Here’s his story

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