You Never Know

April 2026 | Getting into General Service
How would he ever find love always hanging out with AAs in coffee shops? Service to the rescue!

Running The Circus

April 2026 | Getting into General Service
Concept Seven tells her that AA is a living, breathing Fellowship kept alive by us—the people who once couldn’t keep a cactus alive

Discussion topic

April 2026 | Getting into General Service
Getting involved in service

No Pebble Unturned

April 2026 | Getting into General Service
Doing a thorough Fourth Step was hard, she says, but there’s no feeling on earth quite as good as that

Fishing for Truth

April 2026 | Getting into General Service

The Big Picture

April 2026 | Getting into General Service
When in doubt about the right way to do things, she’s learned to ask others, let go and hold onto Rule 62

Groups Can Grow Too

April 2026 | Getting into General Service

Locked Out

April 2026 | Getting into General Service
With a few months sober, he needed to get a new sponsor. He had some ideas on how to do it— and so did his wife

Going Places

April 2026 | Getting into General Service
The challenge of rebuilding a fun, active life in early sobriety was tough. But she took action and stuck with it

In the Right Place

April 2026 | Getting into General Service
Forty-seven years ago she stumbled into AA, still drunk, wearing six-inch high heels. A day she’ll never forget

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