What’s With the Dress Code?
September 2023
| Young & Sober
Are the local small-t traditions at our meetings the same as our Twelve Traditions? A member shares his thoughts
A Common Desire
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
Young, old, gay, straight, trans, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, atheist, angry, happy, sad... if we don’t want to drink, we’re welcome
The need to identify
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
A non-binary member shares some thoughts about fitting in, feeling safe, sponsorship and unity
Coffee or tea?
April 2019
| Relapse
Tradition Four is handy when choosing which beverage to serve, but what about when we decide on other Traditions?
Mandated
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
A newcomer shares about getting out of jail and the close call he had at his first outside meeting
Open up!
March 2019
| What’s On Your Mind?
With all the courage he could muster, he made it inside, only to be told to come back next Tuesday
Bill W.'s Letter About Hippies in AA
June 2004
Excerpted from "The Traditions in Action" by Bernard B. Smith - March 1971
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
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