January 2026
| Stories for Day Counters
| Tradition one
The Spirit of Unity
After years of seeing AA as a filling station, he stepped up his game and learned how important our common welfare is
I can’t say that I wanted to be a member of AA, even as I floundered about on my way to its doors in the mid-70s. But I can say that I wanted the constant discomfort I felt to come to an end. Isolated and alone, I had come to the road’s terminus. There was nothing left to do but to kill myself or join a bunch of older guys who said they were alcoholics but weren’t drinking now. So with the heightened apprehension of a wounded animal, I came through the door and began the journey that continues to this day.
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