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She thought it was the world’s fault that she drank too much. It was the Big Book that set her straight

How a longtimer learned to observe her thoughts and identify her defects so they don’t take her freedom away

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In a big red house in San Francisco, heart after heart opens as AA shows up at his door

A group anniversary is an opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving early—and to give thanks to AA through service

Dancing, camping, bowling and water-skiing! His life was definitely not over

He was a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde drinker all his life—respectable, but with a hidden “inventory” of booze

Broken, lost and scared, she found herself in the back of a police car—which, strangely, was the answer to her prayers

Instead of making the wrong changes, he took the Steps he needed to make the ones that have kept him sober for more than 30 years

A former high school teacher, now a non-alcoholic trustee, shares her story and returns the love

A surprise visit to his sons' college became the final test of his own drinking

Her relationship with the mother who gave her up for adoption was chilly and distant until she heard Lisa's story in a meeting

With his wife still missing, a young African-American vows to make things right

A member's story of starting a new group focused on the Eleventh Step

After hiding out from the world while drinking, she got sober and was finally able to make her dreams come true