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.
Return to Bourbon St.
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
For years, New Year’s Eve was a drunken blur. Now that she’s sober, she can remember it
A Winning Game
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
She made a play to fit her love of football into her new sober life and scored big
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.
A grateful holiday
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
Though not the fancy getaway he was used to, the journey this year was to himself
Raised in Loisaida
August 2014
On New York’s Lower East Side, she did it her way and drank like the boys
The Double Life of Paola
August 2014
She was excited to be in the U.S., but her drinking took off, and she had to keep it a secret
A Long Way to the Green Berets
August 2014
He was drunk and living in his truck. Then he sobered up and served his country
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