One Day at a Time

For the newly sober, the newly trying, the newly terrified — this is the companion for your first ninety days in a twelve-step program. What is a meeting actually like? What do the steps actually ask, in plain language? What do the slogans actually mean? How does sponsorship work, and what are you supposed to do every day? This book answers all of it the way one member talks to another — no lectures, no jargon.

You'll get clear, honest guidance on surviving the first three months: cravings, money, sleep, telling people, grief, loneliness, the healing brain, and faith deepened. Then comes a second look — a deeper pass through every step with the harder questions for when you're ready to go further. Written by a man who walked into his first meeting scared, skeptical, and sure he was different, for the person sitting in the parking lot right now.

This isn't official AA literature — it's one member talking to another. Read with a pen. Bring a notebook. Argue with it. And get a sponsor.