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The Opportunity to do Better

April 2024 | Happy Birthday Big Book!
She loved this Tuesday night meeting because the group let her bring her child. Problem was, it was listed as a closed meeting

The Opportunity to do Better

Magazine Issue April 2024 | Topics Anonymity Homegroup/Meetings

Staying focused

October 2023 | Mid-Sobriety Challenges
A member shares his thoughts about opinions, judgments, outside issues and our primary purpose

Staying focused

Magazine Issue October 2023 | Topics What's On Your Mind? (opinion)

Either way, It works

Magazine Issue April 2023 | Topics Anniversary Groups Service/Into Action

Speaking for Ourselves

October 2022 | Relapse
It’s OK to share our opinions, as long as it’s understood that they’re not AA’s

Chicken Breasts 99¢!

April 2022 | What's On Your Mind?
Being a “wise acre,” I started making announcements.
I hoped folks would see that non-AA announcements didn’t belong in a meeting.

Chicken Breasts 99¢!

Magazine Issue April 2022 | Topics On the Cover Homegroup/Meetings What's On Your Mind? (opinion)

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

Leave outside issues out here

October 2021 | Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
Talking politics is frowned on in AA meetings. One member makes the case that clothes can talk too

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