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A Bit of Cheer in a Tough Place

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
With tape, cardboard and delicious chocolate cookies, a member helps his cellmates share a little joy

Words Matter

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Some transgender alcoholics have met with resistance when they come into AA seeking our help. Here we can practice Traditions Three and Five.

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”

I Still Sit up Front, I Still Raise my Hand

March 2012
After 20 years, this alcoholic does not have all the answers

Alcoholism At Large

March 2012

Chance Encounter

March 2012
A kind message from a customer in the grocery store turned his AA program around

Hanging with the Girls

March 2012
She learned how to make and keep friends in AA

Starting at Zero

March 2012
It took a long time of being in AA before he could take the First Step

Shy?

April 1976
Why do we worry too much about what others may think of us?

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