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
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
Not by accident
February 2023
| Making Amends
How do you clear up the past when you’ve blamed yourself for years for someone’s death?
Sometimes Quickly Sometimes Slowly
September 2022
| Young & Sober
With surrender and action, the Ninth Step Promises came true. But it’s a process, she says. You can’t just flip a switch
A tough amend
September 2021
| Young & Sober!
How would he ever make amends to the man he had knifed in the back? In AA, we find a way
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
Never More Awake
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
When I began taking others through the Steps, I noticed a feeling wash over me. I began to understand how my own story could benefit another.
No Need to Fear
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
Alcohol convinced him he was all alone, unable to live life. The Steps brought him back into the light
Kind, Benevolent, Caring
March 2021
| Making Amends
My life then could not have been described as safe and secure, caring and kind, or filled with unconditional love and joy. I found all that when I got to AA.
Sealed & Delivered
March 2021
| Making Amends
Write a letter to everyone she owed? How would she ever pay them back? Time for a little faith
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