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
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
No Meetings in Sight
December 2020
| Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
What to do when a large section of the state you’re in has no AA meetings? One woman was about to find out
Good ol’ gals
January 2018
| Sponsorship
Her sponsor wasted no time getting her started in service. But who knew it would involve some lights, camera and action?
Always open
January 2018
| Sponsorship
A member reflects on the joys and challenges of sponsorship and how it’s kept him sober for 31 wonderful years
Earthshaking news
January 2018
| Sponsorship
Following Jack
January 2018
| Sponsorship
Amazing things can happen when you start asking your sponsor a bunch of questions about service
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