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Sweet Surrender

March 2024 | Spanish-Speaking AA Members
He stopped swimming upstream and dove into Step three to find a peace and purpose he never knew

The Zinger

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety

A Second Chance at Life

December 2023 | Remote Communities and sober holidays
From jails to coffee guy to GSR to corrections chair, then delegate, he fell in love with service and never looked back

Just say "God"

August 2023 | AA in the Military
His newcomer buddy Ben once got a tip for stage fright that’s worked like a charm for years

Street Tough

June 2023 | Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions
Growing up in D.C., he learned to drink and fight, but in AA he learned to surrender

The Thinker

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
I read all the works of the great philosophers—and I do mean all. I did not have an epiphany.

Assemble Carefully

March 2020 | Puzzled
A newcomer’s quest to usher in her new life goes much easier when she follows directions

Open Up

February 2020 | Tough Times
A doorknob for a Higher Power? Some people just laugh at this, but one member thinks there’s a reason it might help someone

Clearer than ever

January 2020 | Spiritual Awakenings
A private investigator discovers that faith, not sight, would lead him out of the dark

Start with a Prayer

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
With love and lots of determination, a member tries to carry the AA message to a remote community in New Mexico

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