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Reflections on a cancer diagnosis and lessons learned through AA

Tired, worried and desperate for a meeting, a newcomer hits the road and meets an angel at the wheel

Except for an occasional scorpion or two, this wonderful desert meeting was her safe, sober home

After 44 years of sobriety, he’s convinced this serenity business isn’t half bad

Sponsors still sponsor. Some are tough. Some, like me, are soft. Most sponsors are patient. I have had three and I owe them my life.

Facing life on life’s terms, she asks not what AA can do for her—but what she can do for AA

AA helped him with his drinking, but after he took his older sister to a retreat for cancer patients, he found that the program helped him with a great deal more

The more he used his thumbs, the more he learned about anonymity

A feud over Mr. Potato Head brewed at work until he realized that his sobriety came first

An old-timer contemplates the significance of putting together “a few 24s”

A grieving wife and mother is tempted to drink

The Traditions keep the peace

How calamity helped one AA to make a decision