Unity is the Gift
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
A secular AA member shares about his struggles, how service heals and how good it is to tear down borders that divide us
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.
It was my father. Seventy-two hours later, I was in my parents’ home.
Learning to love
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
After 30 hard years of liquor, violence and incarceration, he found AA, began to make amends and turned his life around
What's a DCM?
February 2015
Learning the ropes from a service sponsor has made her a more grateful AA.
All this and fly-fishing
February 2015
His sponsor guided him through his most turbulent times and taught him to enjoy calm waters.
Down by the river
February 2015
The biggest lesson he learned on that boat was not the one he expected.
The man behind the curtain
February 2015
An old-timer finds that a Twelfth Step call right after surgery is a delightful operation.
I made it to the surface
February 2015
In 1965 liquor almost pulled him under, but GSO came to the rescue.
Look it up
February 2015
Web Exclusive: God's Plans
November 2011
An old timer attends a meeting to hear an old friend speak and finds himself of service to a newcomer
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