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Taking Off

May 2023 | Home Group
Once a drunken rule-breaker getting jailed by cops, she’s now happily sober and hitting the road

Fear not

February 2023 | Making Amends
The ladies shared their experience about how they overcame fear. These women helped the Big Book come alive for me. They used the message on the pages to save my life.

Close Call at the Wedding

January 2023 | Spiritual Awakenings
With booze everywhere and no phone in sight, a freaked-out newcomer gets the surprise of his life

Shame of the Rocks

July 2022 | The Annual Prison Issue
Have a hard time not romanticizing the drink? Here’s one way this guy remembers

Glad My Luck Ran Out

June 2022 | Stories by Longtimers!
This newcomer mom’s got a new tattoo and she’s shopping for a bike. She’s sober now and living large

Best Cup Ever

August 2021 | Seniors in AA
Instead of calming, a newcomer mom’s mountain weekend becomes stressful and anxious. Luckily, she goes to get coffee

A pillow, a blanket & hot soup

August 2019 | African-American Alcoholics in AA
At his end, with nowhere to go, an alcoholic gets a helping hand from someone from the “other side of town” reached out

Open up!

March 2019 | What’s On Your Mind?
With all the courage he could muster, he made it inside, only to be told to come back next Tuesday

Sybil and Tex

January 2014

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