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.
Learning to love
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
After 30 hard years of liquor, violence and incarceration, he found AA, began to make amends and turned his life around
Operation: Cooperation
May 2015
A sponsor and sponsee sign up to help get the AA message to doctors in the field
Drop Anchor
May 2015
Simple CPC work helps one member stay sober and keep his ship docked in the solution
The No. 1 Disappearing Book
May 2015
Distributing AA literature is part of his service. If only he could keep enough books on the shelf
Doing Our Part
May 2015
A Planted Seed
May 2015
Fifty years ago, a member in Kansas delivered a message to a nursing class that later saved a life
The Guy Who Ruined My Meeting
May 2015
He’s new, he comes in late and he disrupts everything. Someone should do something
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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