Even more Valuable
July 2021
| The Annual Prison Issue
How a heated Big Book study one day led to a rigorous discussion about AA, money and wealth
We Never Give Up
February 2021
| Sponsorship
A man from Nepal reminds him that we don’t have the power to get people sober. We just hope and keep reaching out
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
More at Peace
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
The next week I felt a little better, a little more OK with the chaos, a little more under the care and guidance of a Higher Power.
I Laughed, He Laughed
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
He took him to events, got him into service and even helped him take out the “garbage.” That was Delmar’s way
Dear Grapevine
April 2020
| Home Group
Forgiveness Set Me Free
April 2020
| Home Group
My hatred for this man was festering in my soul. I sat there in court praying that he’d get a life sentence. Then he got up and spoke.
Staying Alive
March 2020
| Puzzled
After 44 years of sobriety, he’s convinced this serenity business isn’t half bad
Old-timer? Nah!
March 2020
| Puzzled
Sponsors still sponsor. Some are tough. Some, like me, are soft. Most sponsors are patient. I have had three and I owe them my life.
Big Smile, Bigger Heart
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
He and the coach could not have been more different, but they made it work. Just ask Miss Myrna
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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