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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

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