This Beautiful Thing
January 2022
| Beginners
Being present and working the program has given her a joy for life and a deeper sense of purpose
The Front Lines
January 2022
| Beginners
Dimly lit rooming houses, emergency rooms, even rooftops— he keeps reaching out. And once in a good while they reach back
We are one
January 2022
| Beginners
Once too unique for AA, he now sees how much we’re the same and how much we need each other
My Time on The Hump
January 2022
| Beginners
Road trips, coffeepots, Steps and donuts—a member recalls the journey he took with his first sponsor
Dear Grapevine
January 2022
| Beginners
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
In a Canberra Jail
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A Toronto fireman discovers the joys of service taking meetings to prisoners Down Under
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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