My Texas pen pal
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
For 17 years, they shared everything—all the joys, challenges and pain. Now they’ll get to meet
Getting in the cloud
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
During COVID-19 a newcomer gets busy and opens himself and his group up to a new sober world
A warm hug
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
On a cold winter morning, a tiny group of alcoholics show up for one another like only AA can
Attraction or promotion
November 2021
| Prayer and Meditation
A member discusses PSAs, Tradition Eleven and how AA presents itself to the outside world
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
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