Stories

My name is Cedar and im an alcoholic. For the last 30 years I was lost in addiction and alcoholism. While sitting in a jail cell waiting for a court date I decided to go… Read More

Cheguei em A.A. aos 26 anos em 2019 completamente devastado pelo álcool no único grupo de minha pequena cidade do Brasil. Com seis meses de sobriedade, a pandemia de covid fecha provisoriamente meu grupo. Assim… Read More

Today is day 870 for me. That number still catches me off guard, because there was a time when I couldn’t imagine one day sober. There was a time when I honestly didn’t think I’d… Read More

Born into abuse, drinking at 13 to escape feeling worthless, started a journey of lying, cheating, manipulating taken me to mental hospitals, numerous jails, 4 ex wives, younger brother murdered and my children taken away,… Read More

My first introduction to Fish Love was during my family session whilst in treatment. A selfish love, as I understood it, based on what I’m getting rather than a genuine concern for the other. Dan,… Read More

1972 was the year that AA changed my families life. I believe our last co-founder had just passed on to the big meeting in the sky one year prior. I was 6 years old, my… Read More

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My Sobriety Journey Sober Date: 11th of April, 1977 By Gordy (also known as ‘11step Gordon’) G’day all, My name is Gordy. I’m an Aussie alcoholic to the ‘enth degree. Around here, they know me… Read More

A close friend died two days ago. It was devastating personally, and I was with her when she passed. My sobriety was tested, because I could not shake the weight of this suffocating grief. A… Read More

It was the usual—or rather, it was everything but usual. I’ll start somewhere in the middle of my journey, at the moment when everything changed. It was Saturday, October 19th. By then, I had been… Read More