Meeting on the yard
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
When outside volunteers can’t make it in, these women know just what to do
Sealed & Delivered
March 2021
| Making Amends
Write a letter to everyone she owed? How would she ever pay them back? Time for a little faith
Dear Grapevine
March 2021
| Making Amends
Message of hope
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
I have made many inside friends over these years. During this COVID pandemic, the prisons are closed to visitors, but I found another way to stay in touch.
A New Light In Zhengzhou
July 2020
| AA Around The World
Stirring souls and touching hearts, a powerful weekend in China brings hope to millions of alcoholics
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”
Special workers
August 2019
| African-American Alcoholics in AA
Why we pay people for certain jobs, but not for Twelfth Step work
Step right up
November 2018
A member shares his thoughts about anonymity, attraction, promotion and setting up an AA booth at the county fair
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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