An Easier Softer Cake
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
With just the right ingredients, one member’s recipe for sobriety cooked up a life-saving meal
Lucky Break
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
Thanks to her mother’s love and alcoholic journey, she knew what to do and where to go
Stealing pens
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
I feel a bit embarrassed that old behavior (snatching what I want) is still so close to the surface, even after a number of years in the program.
Restraint of Face
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
Eye-rolling, sighing, sideways glances and head tilts...sometimes the defects we hold onto aren’t so verbal
Coming Home
October 2017
The death of a fellow veteran reminds one member of how AA helps combat his loneliness
16 carrot gold
October 2017
A day to celebrate, a member to comfort ... listening to her inner voice was a piece of cake
Things could be worse
October 2017
Unhappy Hour
October 2017
She led a life of quiet desperation, clinging to bar stools with friends who soon vanished, until two of her former drinking mates got sober and returned
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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