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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

A sponsor shares what he learned about relationships when he was a young newcomer

When a lot of money enters the picture, things can get murky. Thank goodness for sponsors and Traditions

A head full of AA helps ruin her relapse

Once he discovered the world of general service, his spiritual journey really took off

Getting sober for this nonbinary trans alcoholic was not easy. And it was about to get harder

As she swings through AA life, she knows it’s OK to take chances because the Concepts help form a safety net

Does maintaining my sobriety and working the Steps “earn” me respect, even happiness? Am I expected to “man up and put up” with whatever circumstances arise?

What? No meeting today? He was new and now desperate—but he wasn’t alone

Sometimes we don’t need to understand or explain our belief in a Higher Power—we just feel it