One Song At A Time
November 2025 | Early days of AA | Living Sober Turns 50

One Song At A Time

This newcomer thought the fun was over, but Living Sober told him it wasn’t so. Time to get out the guitar

I felt like I was being suspended in midair that crisp, electric evening in September of 2009. I was at an Indigo Girls concert in beautiful, downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. It was my first sober concert in my hometown. It was a hypnotic night I’ll never forget. At two and a half years sober, I came alive in a brand-new way. 

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