A Second Chance at Life
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
From jails to coffee guy to GSR to corrections chair, then delegate, he fell in love with service and never looked back
I Keep Writing
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
The perfect night
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
Just as the midnight mass bells were ringing, he and his partner were heading to jail
So far yet so close
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
A remote teacher at a First Nations community two hours from the nearest grocery store shares how he stays sober and connected
Music to my ears
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
Hurricane season
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
Once a drunken storm of bad behavior and unrealistic expectations, her holidays are now filled with love
Spotless
December 2023
| Remote Communities and sober holidays
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.
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