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AA and Buddhism make a potent mix for a man on the edge

A traveler badly craving a drink finds a symbol of recovery in an odd place

The miraculous landing on the Hudson River reminds a member of how AA works

Blindness was a sad state of affairs until he changed on the inside

A young African-American woman feels out of place at her first meeting and doesn't return for years

A troubled teen and a 40-something sponsor have more in common than they think

Vietnam and caring for a handicapped child were nothing next to the wrath of John Barleycorn

If there really were a 'humility pin,' his would have been confiscated

When his wife threatens to walk out, he goes to his first AA meeting

An old-timer attends both online and face-to-face meetings for different reasons

Sober many years, a woman recalls her first meeting

Afraid to die, afraid to live, a teen can't stop drinking

For a suicidal drunk, the death of a friend to alcohol is the wake-up call

A teenager calls AA for help and is twelfth-stepped by his friend's father

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