Endless Possibilities
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
While a cruise ship travel agent’s business is in rough waters, a world of AA service keeps her afloat
Freshly Squeezed Sobriety
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
Wearing orange juice cans and a wine-stained robe, she opened the door to AA. Because of Tradition Three, they opened the door to her
Time to check out
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
“It’s progress, not perfection.” If you see me “in action” at a grocery store, please, I beg you, don’t tell my sponsor how I acted.
World’s best coffee guy
October 2020
| Money and Sobriety
The new cookie king was about to learn a valuable lesson regarding his group’s prudent reserve
Accepting Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
I went to the AA meeting, but I felt out of place. I couldn’t “come out” in prison. I didn’t want people to judge me. I didn’t trust anyone.
Like a Prayer
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
When things got tough, she knew just what to do. Pray, pull over and reach for every tool
Sentenced: A Good Life
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
An old-timer remembers the judge in the 1960s who sent him to Ed, who cracked open the gate to freedom
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
Coffee Queen
May 2020
| Getting Into General Service
Every Sunday, she takes in the love and tries not to spill, doing the best ever service job in all of AA
Dear Grapevine
April 2020
| Home Group
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