Any Lengths in Ghana

When I was invited to go to Ghana a few years ago, I had no idea I would actually be able to make the trip. I had met a couple, Dan and Agnes O., who told me about what was happening with AA there, but I had no idea that they were referring to the actual start of Alcoholics Anonymous in Ghana. It turned out that I was able to take them up on their offer and travel to Accra, the capital city, that June. What I found there was very similar to what I left here. I was able to meet men and women working together to spread the message of recovery to other suffering alcoholics in their community. No one complained about the lack of resources, AA literature, or the fact that old-timers were rare in the area—if they existed at all. They just wanted to be sober and have others teach them about the Steps and Traditions.