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Finding a spiritual awakening through the 12 Steps

Losing a struggling AA friend can be devastating. One member thinks we don’t discuss this enough

While at sea, he acts as if every meeting is his home group. But the one near the equator he’ll never forget

When the “voice” tells her she can drink safely, she knows exactly what to do

For her anniversary, she entered a 100-mile bike race. Boy, did the things she learn in AA pay off!

Like waves in the ocean, groups aren’t all the same. The way one flows may not be true for another

Two messages of faith and hope, seven years apart

Young, old, gay, straight, trans, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, atheist, angry, happy, sad... if we don’t want to drink, we’re welcome

At an intersection, a sober dad is reminded that it’s not the destination, it’s the journey. Time to take the foot off the gas

The letter to her sister may have been ripped up. But the lesson she learned about making amends was delivered

Homeless and at her first AA meeting, she was hoping to get kicked out—until she read the Steps on the wall…

Sometimes “willing to make amends” can take a long time. But he kept praying and trying and the healing came

When she and her husband returned from their cruise, oh my, how their AA world had changed

A doorknob for a Higher Power? Some people just laugh at this, but one member thinks there’s a reason it might help someone

I said “Jim, maybe you could use my Higher Power.” I told him I was sure he wouldn’t mind. Jim thanked me and we never spoke of the God thing again.