In Order to Heal
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
As with an individual, there’s nothing like an inventory to help a home group stay healthy, happy and focused
Passing the Torch
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
How a well-meaning mission to preach the “right AA” became a beautiful lesson in tolerance and service
One Primary Purpose
May 2021
| Our Twelve Steps
Their group has hot coffee, donuts, comfy seats and all three shades.
But the most important thing of all is the message they carry
But the most important thing of all is the message they carry
Silver Lining
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
As COVID-19 completely alters the way we meet, one member looks for ways to embrace the change
In the Shadow of Mt. Kilimanjaro
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
This Navy guy once needed liquor to enjoy his life. Today, under a sky full of stars, he knows that isn’t true
Twisted Sisters
April 2021
| Fun in Sobriety
We go on camping trips and service assemblies. When we go on vacation, everyone takes a “toenails in paradise” photo—a picture of where our feet are.
It’s not my show
March 2021
| Making Amends
Saying yes to joining the play was one thing, but memorizing the Third Step Prayer and doing an interpretive dance was quite another
Truth works
February 2021
| Sponsorship
Unsure of sponsoring a member inside San Quentin, he decided that honesty would be the way to go
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
Someone Who Understood
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
Hitting bottom would surely end his chance to adopt. Who on earth would let him raise their child now?
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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