Just Be Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A long-time member and past trustee shares about his journey serving beyond the group as a gay man
Sammy
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A transgender alcoholic shares about feeling all alone, until one day it was no longer true
Accepting Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
I went to the AA meeting, but I felt out of place. I couldn’t “come out” in prison. I didn’t want people to judge me. I didn’t trust anyone.
Like a Prayer
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
When things got tough, she knew just what to do. Pray, pull over and reach for every tool
In a Canberra Jail
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A Toronto fireman discovers the joys of service taking meetings to prisoners Down Under
Dear Grapevine
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
Better than Monday night football
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
For a member in Oklahoma, making the trip behind the walls is the best night of the week
What my brother taught me
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
A probation and parole officer learns to love AA from the man whose calls she dreaded most
Sunday school
July 2019
| The Prison Issue
With an open heart, a member helps her pastor understand our Fellowship a little better
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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