An Easier Softer Cake
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
With just the right ingredients, one member’s recipe for sobriety cooked up a life-saving meal
Lucky Break
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
Thanks to her mother’s love and alcoholic journey, she knew what to do and where to go
Stealing pens
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
I feel a bit embarrassed that old behavior (snatching what I want) is still so close to the surface, even after a number of years in the program.
Restraint of Face
June 2020
| The Annual Prison Issue
Eye-rolling, sighing, sideways glances and head tilts...sometimes the defects we hold onto aren’t so verbal
The Ex-Mother-In-Law
July 2015
In her mind, she needed to punish the awful woman who took her kids, but her Higher Power had a better idea
Removing the Muck
July 2015
The River's Flow
July 2015
After diving back into the program, a member with 27 years returns to a familiar wooded spot and learns a beautiful lesson
The Invisible Threshold
July 2015
She thought if she told the truth in the rooms, she would be cast out, shunned and unloved. It turned out the opposite was true
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.