Still Powerless
March 2015
By:
Jennifer C.
| Bend, Oregon
Her relapse began many years before she ordered a glass of wine in the restaurant
Mothers and Daughters
January 2014
By:
Carol B.
| Wellington, Nevada
Sobriety showed her the struggles her own mother had and reunited her with the daughter she gave up for adoption as an infant
Swept Away
September 2012
By:
Kim L.
| Soldotna, Alaska
Reeling from a tragic flood, a woman faces the liquid that later drowned her guilt
Sign Language
December 2011
By:
David S.
| New York, New York
Public information begins at home for this alcoholic
The Year I Needed Santa
December 2011
By:
P.S.
| Phoenix, Arizona
An unexpected encounter in a neighbor's yard helps a woman get her gratitude game back
The Vacant Chair
September 2011
By:
Linda B.
| Shelton, Connecticut
Their physical bodies may no longer be with us, but our cherished members are far from gone
Web Exclusive: 12-Days Of Thanksgiving
July 2011
By:
Paul F.
| Nashville, Tennessee
A newsman has just “a couple of drinks” to calm himself for a radio job on Thanksgiving day
Tropic of temptation
February 2011
By:
Alan L.
| Stourbridge, West Midlands
A vacation romance with a chronic relapser takes him out of his comfort zone
Half a day at a time
December 2009
By:
COLIN Q.
| Fort Collins, Colo.
Counting sobriety in hours and minutes, a newcomer realizes he'll be all right
This was it
April 2009
By:
Kelly A.
| San Mateo, California
A young woman, desperate to stop drinking, asks her recovering father for help
Alco-logic
September 2005
By:
Bob B.
| Morton, Illinois
It answers the big question, "Why do alcoholics drink?