Earning a Dream
March 2024
| Spanish-Speaking AA Members
A single mom recalls how she followed her sponsor’s suggestion to reach some financial security
Party Guy
January 2024
| Emotional Sobriety
Many nights after the bar had closed, he’d still be downing whiskey shots. Oh yeah...the wife and kids
Living my truth
September 2023
| Young & Sober
The Steps helped her heal, find her place in the world and use her past to help others
Knock Knock Who’s There?
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
He had nurtured this resentment about Jack for years. Now it was time to make face-to- face amends. He was ready
Finding Forgiveness
July 2023
| Annual Prison Issue
For many years he held a resentment toward his father. Thanks to AA, this day he was ready to let it go
Trust
December 2022
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
As an active alcoholic, I had been unable to quit drinking for years and years. I tried over and over, but could not find a way to free myself. I was like the frenzied wren.
Lie of Omission
October 2022
| Relapse
The girl he kissed was not his girlfriend. Oh boy, what to do now?
A Mom’s Return
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
Through living amends, a grateful sober mother comes full circle with the children she once abandoned for booze
Deliver With Care
September 2020
| Living Sober Group
The house had two communal copies of the Big Book, and that was all. My new sponsee had very little money, so I got her a copy of each book.
Back In Court
April 2020
| Home Group
She started calling out names. I waited and waited and soon I was the only person left. “Mr. F,” the judge said, looking right at me. “I won’t be putting you in jail today.”
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