Alcoholics Anonymous Service Committees
A nurse student leans forward with a question: How do you encourage someone to try A.A.? Behind that curiosity sits a larger truth about recovery visibility. Across Maine, volunteers in Alcoholics Ano…
12-Step Fellowships
The 12 steps have shaped recovery for nearly a century. AA, NA, and the broader fellowship family run on shared experience, sponsorship, and steady presence. Articles explain how the rooms work, what sponsorship looks like, and what to expect at a first meeting. A practical introduction to a pathway many people in recovery are already walking.
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Compassionate AA Sponsor
Michael watched someone walk into an AA meeting for the first time, desperate and lost. Years later, that same person had rebuilt their family and career. As a sponsor guiding others through the 12 St…
Gamblers Anonymous – “Do You Really Think There’s Any Hope For Me?”
A person sits across from a counselor, shoulders heavy with the weight of lost money, broken relationships, ruined careers. "Do you really think there's any hope for me?" they ask. In Maine, thousands…
Mutual Benefits of Sponsorship In Alcoholics Anonymous
A woman six months sober asks another woman to sponsor her, and the answer comes back: I would be honored. What follows is a conversation about honesty, willingness, and walking a path out of the wood…
Alcoholics Anonymous (Issue 16)
C. walked into her first AA meeting in 1989 with her sister, both seeking a way out. Thirty-five years later, she describes a life transformed by sobriety and connection. Alcoholics Anonymous has anch…
Food Addicts Anonymous – Nourishing the Self
Elizabeth turned to food as a child to survive trauma, moving through restriction and purging before losing control entirely. Her story reveals how food addiction progresses differently for each perso…
Narcotics Anonymous: Q&A
Nicole walked into her first Narcotics Anonymous meeting and heard something that changed everything: "The lie that people can't recover is dead." Three members from Maine,Nicole, Brendan, and Jamie,a…
Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
Someone sits in a folding chair in a rented room, listening to people they've never met talk about their lives before recovery. No judgment. No fees. No one cares what they used or how long. Narcotics…
Alcoholics Anonymous
Someone sits in a metal folding chair, listening to a stranger describe the exact moment they thought they'd never drink again, then did. They recognize themselves in that story. What follows is how A…