Mended Hearts
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
Sometimes “willing to make amends” can take a long time. But he kept praying and trying and the healing came
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.
A Meeting to Remember
April 2020
| Home Group
One day at her home group, a surprising thing happened that opened her eyes to Step Three
Choosing to Decide
March 2020
| Puzzled
He’s at the turning point. Can he give up the idea that he can run his life the way he always has before
Clearer than ever
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
A private investigator discovers that faith, not sight, would lead him out of the dark
Closing argument
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
Facing five years in jail, a sober dad stands before a judge and gets something much longer-lasting
Pass the gravy
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
There’s nothing like a Thanksgiving dinner to put the Third Step to the test
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
To remember without anger
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
The program helped him find compassion, love and a new definition of forgiveness
The Spectrum of Belief
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
The freedom of belief the program embraces has kept this agnostic sober for over three decades
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