One Swing at a Time
January 2026 | Stories for Day Counters | Fun in Sobriety

One Swing at a Time

On Tuesday nights, AA buddies meet to laugh, joke and share their lives. Oh yeah, and to play a little golf

It’s a cold, blustery Tuesday night on the vast plains in the upper Midwest. It’s mid-February. The temperature in the capital city of Bismarck is right at 20 degrees below zero—without the wind chill. That is nothing out of the ordinary for this North Dakota town located along the Missouri River in the central part of the state.

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