The Front Lines
January 2022
| Beginners
Dimly lit rooming houses, emergency rooms, even rooftops— he keeps reaching out. And once in a good while they reach back
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.
A Letter From a Traveler
March 1953
The group that gives help to a "transient" doesn't always hear how the journey ended. . .but this one did, and the ending was happy!
A Lot of Good Things Happen in the Rain
March 1953
I LIKED THE MEDICINE
March 1953
You have to live it, feel it, suffer it before you know it. . .and you have to admit it before you can recover.
Why AA in Prison?
March 1953
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