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
Unity=Love
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
A member shares how we use the tools to keep the group together and how no one is more important than the next
My side of the street
October 2023
| Mid-Sobriety Challenges
With spiritual and fellowship help, he’s learned to step up and clean up when the time comes
Forgiving Dad
August 2023
| AA in the Military
In her drinking years, she blamed her father for abandoning her. Then she got the chance to make things right
What Have You Got to Lose?
April 2023
| AA & Families
Utterly beaten, he reluctantly prayed and fell asleep. In the morning something incredible happened
Lie of Omission
October 2022
| Relapse
The girl he kissed was not his girlfriend. Oh boy, what to do now?
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
Time to check out
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
“It’s progress, not perfection.” If you see me “in action” at a grocery store, please, I beg you, don’t tell my sponsor how I acted.
Rambling On
July 2020
| AA Around The World
We looked at each other in dismay and rolled our eyes when Lea started to share. We fidgeted, coughed, sipped coffee, tried to stare her down, all to no avail.
Even if the truth hurts
October 2019
| Is AA Accessible to all who need it?
At his daughter’s school one day, a sober dad learns a valuable lesson about telling lies
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