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A Bit of Cheer in a Tough Place

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
With tape, cardboard and delicious chocolate cookies, a member helps his cellmates share a little joy

A Cold December Night

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Watching two AA guys on a Twelfth Step call was a Christmas Eve gift he’ll never forget

Start with a Prayer

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
With love and lots of determination, a member tries to carry the AA message to a remote community in New Mexico

Operation Desert Love

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Within two weeks I was receiving 20 to 50 letters every night. One letter was even written in Spanish!

Closer Than You Think

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Service led her to online meetings, where she now gets to help others who can’t reach us

True North

March 2015
How an old-timer found his HP on the high seas

I Found God on Madison Avenue

March 2015
After years of searching, his moment came, somewhere around 58th Street

A Different Shade

March 2015
Once her sponsor showed her how to put down the broad brush, things brightened up

A Thousand Wishes

March 2015
Alone on a porch, he found his faith up in the evening sky

Lean Into It

March 2015
A leap in the deep end and some AA tools helped her get past her lifelong fears

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