Looking Inward
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A newcomer’s prayer on a meeting patio one day leads him to a profound personal experience with a Higher Power
Feeling Safe to Share
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
Doing the Steps, learning to set boundaries and working with others helped her connect with life again
Remembering to Welcome All
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
The Steps help him look at his painful past and amend the way he treats others
Loving Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A lesbian member shares about acceptance, tolerance, relationships, God and staying sober in AA since 1979
My Last One
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
Sneaking, lying, crashing in the tub and passing out under his desk. This is one he never wants to forget
Sentenced: A Good Life
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
An old-timer remembers the judge in the 1960s who sent him to Ed, who cracked open the gate to freedom
At Wit’s End
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
I know, I’ve been There
December 2016
On a 12th Step call at a remote Kansas farm, three men learn that the language of the heart can come through a pen
Can’t Stop
December 2016
Her compulsion to drink made her hide vodka everywhere—in drawers, in old coats—even on the highway
At Wit's End
December 2016
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