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When drama exploded on a sibling camping trip, the perfect solution became a family affair

A longtime member shares his journey of buried wounds and the importance of getting outside help

It was Kathy and her guitar, and me in my wheelchair with an oxygen bottle. My sponsor, a resident there, joined in the singing. It was a high I won’t ever forget.

She lovingly looked at me and said, “Sweetie, none of that is a requirement to be here.” I now have more than 11,000 days of sobriety.

I started reading a story a day. I began bookmarking highlights and now have them as reference much like I’ve underlined my Big Book over the years.

A sponsor’s journey with a sponsee takes wing over the phone

In AA she finally found the medicine that worked—the Steps, prayer and fellowship—one day at a time

After spending a last few days with the sponsor he loved, he passes on that love to other men in AA

A member raised in the Muslim faith shares her eye-opening journey with the Second and Third Steps

An alcoholic nun with 10 years of religious training recalls her struggle with the concept of a Higher Power

Each year in Vermont, AA members get out their hockey sticks for a weekend of food, fun and fellowship

Over decades of sobriety, his work life became a great place to grow and apply the principles of the program

A little crazy meets a lot sober. Guess who wins?

I decided I was going to have fun—and I did. Some people would get close up to smell my breath. Even my sponsor asked if I had been drinking!

Just like that, it was gone. Or so she thought