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
Thank You Ladies
March 2020
| Puzzled
Bringing meetings to women at a local jail has given new meaning to her sobriety
Choosing to Decide
March 2020
| Puzzled
He’s at the turning point. Can he give up the idea that he can run his life the way he always has before
Trying to Be Ungrateful
March 2020
| Puzzled
A member tries a unique plan to find some gratitude that’s as simple as one...two...three
Staying Alive
March 2020
| Puzzled
After 44 years of sobriety, he’s convinced this serenity business isn’t half bad
Lucky Me
March 2020
| Puzzled
That man’s share changed my sobriety that day. I stopped wanting fairness; I now wanted mercy, for myself and everyone else.
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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