A Way to Serve
December 2025 | Sober Holidays & Remote Communities | Into Action

A Way to Serve

The member who told his lawyer about AA probably saved his life, he says. Now he gets to return the favor

On March 19, 1986, I sat at my kitchen table with a gun in my hand. I was done drinking, and I was done living. I was ready to end the suffering and torture of alcohol. But just then the phone rang.

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