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Feeling Safe to Share

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
Doing the Steps, learning to set boundaries and working with others helped her connect with life again

Remembering to Welcome All

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
The Steps help him look at his painful past and amend the way he treats others

Loving Myself

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
A lesbian member shares about acceptance, tolerance, relationships, God and staying sober in AA since 1979

Sentenced: A Good Life

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
An old-timer remembers the judge in the 1960s who sent him to Ed, who cracked open the gate to freedom

Great Serve

January 2014
In both his game and AA, he sets his feet, trusts, and makes a beautiful shot

Painting the City

January 2014
As a newcomer, he had AA and a backpack of spray paint. Now he’s a GSR and his life is full color

Lipstick Before the Promises

January 2014

Out of the Wasteland

January 2014
She was ready to take the First Step at her very first meeting

I Remember, I Forget

January 2014
Seven years ago, he hit bottom all alone in a dingy house. Things are very different today

Mothers and Daughters

January 2014
Sobriety showed her the struggles her own mother had and reunited her with the daughter she gave up for adoption as an infant

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