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Wedding Crasher

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
A disturbing occurrence with her brother one night leads to a powerful spiritual connection

Sober It’s What I Do

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
For years, she tried desperately to fit in like everyone else. It was AA that finally gave her a way to feel normal

An unexpected call

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
My phone rang at 3 in the morning. The voice on the other end was crying.
It was my father. Seventy-two hours later, I was in my parents’ home.

Restraint of Face

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
Eye-rolling, sighing, sideways glances and head tilts...sometimes the defects we hold onto aren’t so verbal

More at Peace

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
The next week I felt a little better, a little more OK with the chaos, a little more under the care and guidance of a Higher Power.

Working on The Inside

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
Thanks to the literature, some inmates in Utah are determined to stay sober and go through the Steps

Learning to love

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
After 30 hard years of liquor, violence and incarceration, he found AA, began to make amends and turned his life around

Many steps to prayer

November 2018
A longtime agnostic member shares about his wonderful journey with Step Eleven and how he meditates while walking with his dog

Deep blue silent mystery

November 2018
Like the flow of the river where he took his first drink, he followed his search, which led him to AA

Terminal Uniqueness

August 1983

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