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A long-time member and past trustee shares about his journey serving beyond the group as a gay man

A transgender alcoholic shares about feeling all alone, until one day it was no longer true

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.

When things got tough, she knew just what to do. Pray, pull over and reach for every tool

A Toronto fireman discovers the joys of service taking meetings to prisoners Down Under

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When he gets a Twelfth Step call, he doesn’t question it, he just goes

Wine Maker Fails to Thwart Street Alcoholics