Unity is the Gift
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
A secular AA member shares about his struggles, how service heals and how good it is to tear down borders that divide us
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.
It was my father. Seventy-two hours later, I was in my parents’ home.
My Wife's Drinking Problem
September 2014
He went along to meetings to offer moral support, but it was he who got sober in the end
A Call from the Bus Station
September 2014
A man with 66 years of sobriety finds a letter from a sponsee he had back in the ’60s
Listen Sonny
September 2014
Desperate to not pick up one morning, a 60-year-old newcomer meets his match
Tradition Time
November 2012
He was so busy doing service, he barely noticed his depression had lifted
The Phonebook
November 2012
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