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
My first 600 meetings
October 2018
Have you ever been disturbed by the member who reeks of booze? Here’s his story
Better than Kentucky bourbon
October 2018
With a gut feel and a few wild guesses, some hardworking AAs start a national corrections conference
The stranger
October 2018
On a quiet road, an alcoholic encounters a man who gives him the faith to sing at the top of his lungs
Caught In a Trap
September 1988
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