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Mom went to all the kid’s games, all right—with a flask. Luckily, AA helped her win their love back

Staying sober in her tiny Alaska village was tough, until one day the remote community folks’ plane came to town

On rooftops, at the ocean, on the dance floor, she and her sober crew laughed, cried and celebrated their new lives

An oldtimer shares some things he’s learned to keep his head above water on the long, sober swim

A serious health diagnosis turns into a successful test of the program

She had it all—the kids, the home, the husband—but she couldn’t stop drinking

Thumbing her way across Ontario in a raging snowstorm, a newcomer gets the surprise of her life

When loss and grief come, we pray and reach out for help. The beauty happens when we share it with others

Lonely, angry and exhausted, a newly sober flight operator has a rageful day in hell. Her mission: Step Three

What’s the first thing you do when you lose your home and all your belongings? Her answer was simple—AA

When she was active, crawling inside her “invisible box” kept her from facing her problems. AA made that refuge unnecessary

Her active alcoholism kicked off with a beer at the student union and ended with a desperate plea for help from within an abandoned building

A risky three-day road trip to Akron with her mom? Luckily, a big dose of Bill & Bob was just the right medicine

Though she only drank for a few years, it was bad enough to stop early. And what a gift it is to enjoy a long, full, sober life

As a child, she was fascinated by the allure of liquor stores. As an adult, they became places of despair