A Bit of Cheer in a Tough Place
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
With tape, cardboard and delicious chocolate cookies, a member helps his cellmates share a little joy
A Cold December Night
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
Watching two AA guys on a Twelfth Step call was a Christmas Eve gift he’ll never forget
Start with a Prayer
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
With love and lots of determination, a member tries to carry the AA message to a remote community in New Mexico
Time To Shake Some Hands
December 2019
| Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
One member says that when the treatment vans pull up, we have some work to do
The Final Four Days
June 2014
With his wife out of town, he settled into a binge. He didn't know it was his last
Being of Service
June 2014
He learned how to give of himself in AA and carried that into his everyday life
Rowing Up the River
June 2014
After he started feeling worse sober, he realized that he needed to do things differently
A Free Woman
June 2014
Because the AA volunteers who came looked at her—not through her—she was able to let the program lift her shame
Attica's Beacon
June 2014
A prisoner finds his shining light in one of the longest-running prison groups in the nation
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.