Wet in a Dry Country
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
A social worker puts on her AA hat and says a few prayers to help an alcoholic on the other side of the world
Making Peace with the Holidays
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
This Christmas Eve, a lonely newcomer learned that choosing joy was the way to go
Butterflies at the Alcathon
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
No better way to get out of ourselves and anchor our nerves than to pick up dirty cups and welcome people
Endless Possibilities
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
While a cruise ship travel agent’s business is in rough waters, a world of AA service keeps her afloat
Second Tradition Checklist
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
He was going to save AA. Someone had to do it. A member recalls AA’s early days before the Traditions were written
Welcome to New York
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
A couple and their three cats make a move to a big city where they build a new home in AA
Big Book, Coffeepot & Me
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
For the first two months, I’d show up Wednesday nights at the appointed time, unlock the space, make coffee and sit there and read. After an hour, I’d dump the coffee.
Time to Up My Game
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
The first 11 Steps had transformed his life. Now it was time for Step Twelve
Safe landing
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
If ever there was a time for that pink parachute those AAs kept talking about to open, it was right now
Whisper of Freedom
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
In prison for a DUI, a sober coach shares about a momentous connection he made that changed his life
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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