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Passing it on

January 2024 | Emotional Sobriety
What began as a frantic search for a beloved ceramic buddy became a beautiful, unexpected lesson in letting go

Always Hope

July 2023 | Annual Prison Issue
An oldtimer shares some things he’s learned to keep his head above water on the long, sober swim

Letting go

March 2022 | Emotional Sobriety
How a longtimer learned to observe her thoughts and identify her defects so they don’t take her freedom away

Why the Hurry?

December 2021 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
At an intersection, a sober dad is reminded that it’s not the destination, it’s the journey. Time to take the foot off the gas

To Value You More

April 2021 | Fun in Sobriety
One day in her Step study group, an oldtimer discovers something brand-new about Step Four. Proof that the learning and growing never stops

Z-fects of Character

November 2020 | Our Twelve Traditions
I find that I’m getting distracted looking at the computer screen. And really...do I have to make that sandwich onscreen during the meeting?

Forgiveness Set Me Free

April 2020 | Home Group
My hatred for this man was festering in my soul. I sat there in court praying that he’d get a life sentence. Then he got up and spoke.

A day at the museum

May 2018
A few days after doing her Fifth Step, a mother takes her kids on a field trip

Memorial Day 180

May 2018

Replay Resentment

February 2016
He had a bunch of tapes he could pop into the player and use to justify more drinking

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