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.
Like a Prayer
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
When things got tough, she knew just what to do. Pray, pull over and reach for every tool
In a Canberra Jail
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A Toronto fireman discovers the joys of service taking meetings to prisoners Down Under
Why We Do It
May 2016
Service beyond the group ensures that AA will be here for the alcoholic not yet in the door
Slow Grower
May 2016
His sponsor planted the seed of general service, but it didn’t take root right away. He had to get there on his own
Brewmeister
May 2016
It was bad enough his sponsor volunteered him for coffee, but chairs and cleanup too?
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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