A Whole New World
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
A daughter returning home for the holidays shares her joy about how AA has transformed her family
Time to be kind
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
Through a little faith and effort, a husband’s longtime holiday resentment becomes a gift to someone he loves
Wet in a Dry Country
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
A social worker puts on her AA hat and says a few prayers to help an alcoholic on the other side of the world
The Grateful 5
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
When COVID-19 struck, our meetings in here stopped. AAs on the outside are fortunate enough to have the Internet. We inmates aren’t so lucky.
Globe-trotting
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
When the pandemic caused his AA meeting in Japan to go viral, alcoholics from around the world joined in
Connecting in a Crisis
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
A Central Office manager shares some joy watching alcoholics bond in the midst of trying time
Chain Reaction
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
In Twelfth Step work, sometimes we throw a stone, making ripples that keep on going in ways we can’t imagine
Making Peace with the Holidays
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
This Christmas Eve, a lonely newcomer learned that choosing joy was the way to go
Butterflies at the Alcathon
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
No better way to get out of ourselves and anchor our nerves than to pick up dirty cups and welcome people
Saddest Christmas Ever
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
No job, no wife, no driver’s license or money. Here he was 30 days sober, in the cold, and now the AA meeting door was locked
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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