The Big Book
By Nic Sheff
Sometimes people ask me if they can avoid losing everything before they get clean. My story offers a simple answer: I lost more than I ever could have imagined, and then I lost even more. MORE
On the anniversary of his 1971 death, the AA founder's complicated life is more instructive than ever in an increasingly tumultuous world. MORE
An AA friendship that started 30 years ago led to a clear, concise interpretation of the Big Book. So who were the men behind the movement? MORE
Experts suggest that people in recovery are happier than their non-alcoholic peers. MORE
AA suggests that we practice sober principles in all our affairs—even in circumstances that can drive the most-well adjusted among us to emotional agony and homicidal rage. How one woman serenely survived her split. MORE
Must you believe in God if you want to stay sober? Rachael Brownell doesn't think so. MORE
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