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
Growing up
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
Another Fourth Step helps a dad let go of a long-time resentment toward his son
A day at the museum
May 2018
A few days after doing her Fifth Step, a mother takes her kids on a field trip
Lives We Change
March 2017
In a small-town church, a man arrives to thank his daughter’s home group for the love they gave her
100 quilts
February 2017
How a drunken grandma put down the bottle and began to patch together a warm, useful life
No way out
September 2016
He escaped a troubled childhood by joining the army. But he couldn’t escape the bottle
Listening for 50 years
September 2016
In 1965, an old-timer heard the bartender say last call. Five decades later, he’s still using his ears
The Man from AA
May 2016
We show up, we help out, we comfort the suffering alcoholic—because that’s what we do
You Never Know
March 2016
Turning Points
February 2016
A sober mom recalls how her most painful experience turned into a source of hope for others
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