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
Last call
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
It was 1985. She took out a dime and stared at her shot glass. Then she walked over to the phone and saved her life
Getting back up
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
I came into AA in Los Angeles in 1965. I’ve been sober ever since. Through the years, action has been the magic that has kept me going.
Any Lengths
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
When sponsoring, it’s sometimes hard to tell when to quit or when to keep going, so we ask for help
The Difference Between Drunk and Sober
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
The difference between active alcoholism and sobriety? Like night and day
The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
Having to drink her coffee through a straw didn’t mean she was alcoholic. Did it?
Surrender—Literally and Figuratively
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
His choice was clear: A spiritual life or an alcoholic death
A Circus, a Wheelbarrow and a Cat
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
The moving story of a sponsor and his sponsee—and how they both learned to believe
CARRY THE MESSAGE PROJECT
The Carry the Message Project focuses on getting Grapevine and La Vina subscriptions to alcoholics in need. It's not necessary to know the recipient! Sponsor a subscription for someone behind bars, in a treatment facility, nursing home, or who is homebound.