An Easier Softer Cake
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
With just the right ingredients, one member’s recipe for sobriety cooked up a life-saving meal
Lucky Break
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
Thanks to her mother’s love and alcoholic journey, she knew what to do and where to go
Stealing pens
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
I feel a bit embarrassed that old behavior (snatching what I want) is still so close to the surface, even after a number of years in the program.
Restraint of Face
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
Eye-rolling, sighing, sideways glances and head tilts...sometimes the defects we hold onto aren’t so verbal
Outsmarting the Jersey Devil
February 2015
Wrecked cars, smashed toes and motel hell… nothing can keep him from having a joyful 25th anniversary
Pineapple and Me
February 2015
Some of the things he lost in his drinking days came back in abundance after he got sober
Blues, Greens, Golds and Red
February 2015
Self-acceptance
January 1978
Let's not set our standards so high that we can't live with our human feelings
The Establishment at Work
January 1978
Funny how everyone picks on us drunks when all we demand is a little respect
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