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
Remembering to Welcome All
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
The Steps help him look at his painful past and amend the way he treats others
Missing All The Hugs
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
As life takes a swing at us, we seem to be responding like the champs we are. With God’s grace, life will settle down and hopefully we’ll return to our meetings.
In a Canberra Jail
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A Toronto fireman discovers the joys of service taking meetings to prisoners Down Under
First Law
November 1984
Life in a whirl? Here's an antidote for disorder - From the August 1965 Grapevine
Emotional Involvement
November 1984
Sometimes Cupid's darts hit the wrong mark - From the January 1962 Grapevine
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