Looking Inward
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A newcomer’s prayer on a meeting patio one day leads him to a profound personal experience with a Higher Power
Just Be Myself
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A long-time member and past trustee shares about his journey serving beyond the group as a gay man
Sammy
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A transgender alcoholic shares about feeling all alone, until one day it was no longer true
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
My Last One
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
Sneaking, lying, crashing in the tub and passing out under his desk. This is one he never wants to forget
In a Canberra Jail
August 2020
| LGBTQ+
A Toronto fireman discovers the joys of service taking meetings to prisoners Down Under
Dear Grapevine
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
Borrow mine
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
I said “Jim, maybe you could use my Higher Power.” I told him I was sure he wouldn’t mind. Jim thanked me and we never spoke of the God thing again.
Clearer than ever
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
A private investigator discovers that faith, not sight, would lead him out of the dark
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