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March 2023 | Get Into Service
I started reading a story a day. I began bookmarking highlights and now have them as reference much like I’ve underlined my Big Book over the years.

Morning Prayer

July 2022 | The Annual Prison Issue
I’m thinking about what I will do today to enhance my sobriety. Clean house with my wife? Answer calls from my sponsees? Buy a motorcycle? I’m here to enjoy the ride.

My prayer was answered

February 2022 | Getting Through Tough Times
I would say out loud in meetings that, “God let me down. I went to church and was praying to stop drinking and now I’m stuck here in AA.” Finally a guy cross-talked me.

Our Daily Bread

October 2020 | Money and Sobriety
A newly sober nun makes a big decision that straps her financially, while keeping the faith that things will work out

An unexpected call

June 2020 | The Annual Prison Issue
My phone rang at 3 in the morning. The voice on the other end was crying.
It was my father. Seventy-two hours later, I was in my parents’ home.

Come join us

April 2020 | Home Group
We held our first AA picnic at a ranch 15 miles out of town. We marked the way there with signs of camels.
The camels meant a “dry” picnic.

Dear Grapevine

January 2020 | Spiritual Awakenings

Something to learn

October 2018
Laid off and feeling desperate, an AA asks for help and finds more than just a job

The endless glass of wine

August 2017
Close call at a nearby eatery

Close to my heart

June 2017
The necklace she wore told this newcomer that someone very special never gave up

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