Public Information
September 2019
| Young & Sober
How the author became a member of a PI committee—and how service enriches her life
A majestic night
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
What was supposed to be just a ride home from a meeting turned out to be a show of a lifetime
Came to Believe
June 2019
| Letting Go of Resentments
A former inmate’s eloquent plea for help and service to America’s prisons
Service in A Battered Suitcase
February 2019
| Stories by Our Longtime Members
A clear-eyed look at the beauty (and difficulty) of service
Rest in Peace
December 2018
| Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
A dying man spreads the message of AA in an Ontario snowstorm—and the person who receives it continues the cycle of love and service
Relief Is Not Release
July 2018
He’d been sober a long time, but a glass of whiskey nearly found its way into his hand. It was because he wasn’t fully living the program
Seven Years
October 2017
Looking back, he remembers the moment he walked down the steps to the basement meeting room—and began his life anew
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