2:00 AM at the Alkathon
December 2025 | Sober Holidays & Remote Communities | Featured Section

2:00 AM at the Alkathon

Alone and panic-stricken on her first sober Christmas, she didn’t care what time it was. She went to find her people

Christmas was approaching. I had taken my white chip five months earlier, so I planned Christmas Eve carefully. That day I went to a noon AA meeting at our local sober clubhouse. I spent the afternoon with AA people; we went to dinner and then saw the movie, “Little Shop of Horrors.” As I drove home I congratulated myself on doing so well on a potentially emotional day. I went to bed and quickly fell asleep. 

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