An Easier Softer Cake
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
With just the right ingredients, one member’s recipe for sobriety cooked up a life-saving meal
Another chance
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
An old-timer recalls how AA helped him grieve and gave him the opportunity to give the kind of love a dad can give
In Shambles
April 2020
| Home Group
At four months sober, she had no money—not even for toilet paper. Thankfully, she had a sponsor
Trying to Be Ungrateful
March 2020
| Puzzled
A member tries a unique plan to find some gratitude that’s as simple as one...two...three
I Cried as Much as He Did
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
He didn’t like hospitals—not the smells nor the food. But this day, he discov-ered something really special that made him want to come back
Watch Your Aim!
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
After a meeting takes a wrong turn, a member has a few thoughts about “principles before personalities”
Not a river in Egypt
June 2018
Even in sobriety, denial ruled his life. But Step Six and a cool Higher Power helped him begin to accept reality and lift his head out of the sand
16 carrot gold
October 2017
A day to celebrate, a member to comfort ... listening to her inner voice was a piece of cake
Outsmarting the Jersey Devil
February 2015
Wrecked cars, smashed toes and motel hell… nothing can keep him from having a joyful 25th anniversary
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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