Book of the Month

Six Essentials to Achieve Lasting Recovery

Our Book of the Month for May is a guide to six essential values that reinforce the work of the Steps and are key to a quality recovery. Six Essentials to Achieve Lasting Recovery explores Hope, Coping Skills, Sense of Acheivement, Capacity for Relationships, Unique Identity Development, and Reclamation of Agency, along with research, the authors' personal stories, and guided exercises for applying these principles to your own recovery program.

Our Stories

Tell Us Your Story

These personal stories by Sober24 members reflect the diversity of experience found within the recovering community. The newest entries are:

• Flint: Learning Who I Was and Who I Wasn't
• Shay: Blessing and Miracles
• Elizabeth: Living the Fellowship
• Lee: I Will Not Use Today
• Donna: I Am Forever Grateful
• Linda L.: Did You Feel That Too?

Lessons from Our Sponsors

Read stories of sponsorship wisdom, slogans, and sayings which have stuck with people on their own journey of recovery.

Living the Twelve Traditions in Today's World

Hear the story of how the Twelve Traditions came about through historic archives, speeches, and stories from the founders.

• Our Common Welfare
• One Ultimate Authority
• No Barriers to Entry
• Group Autonomy
• Why the Shoemaker Should Stick to His Last
• Stability Through Sacrifice

A Gentle Path Through the Twelve Steps

Use guided exercises and topics from the new edition of this recovery classic to inspire your own journaling and step work.

• Step One: Affirmations
• Step Two: Spiritual Care Inventory
• Step Three: Spirituality Affirmations
• Step Four: Inventories
• Step Five: Fifth Step Reconciliation Rite
• Step Six: Removing Character Defects