This Beautiful Thing
January 2022
| Beginners
Being present and working the program has given her a joy for life and a deeper sense of purpose
Green Pastures
January 2022
| Beginners
A farm boy shares how he took the seed someone planted and got five decades of a meaningful sober life
99 problems
January 2022
| Beginners
How was he ever going to get his life in shape and these people off his back? Luckily, his sponsor had a plan
A Prayer for The Ex
January 2022
| Beginners
Oh great. She’s trying to get sober and her husband is suing her. And now they suggest she pray for him? Right!
Don’t do this!
January 2022
| Beginners
We got out of the car and Kirby stuck a Big Book under his arm and we headed up the walkway, acting like we knew what we were doing. Kirby knocked on the screen door.
My Time on The Hump
January 2022
| Beginners
Road trips, coffeepots, Steps and donuts—a member recalls the journey he took with his first sponsor
WHY IT WORKS
October 2010
Safety valve
October 2010
Using journaling as his Tenth Step, a self-critic attempts to conquer his turmoil
I need answers!
October 2010
A newcomer reads the Big Book in rehab, but a sponsor helps her understand it
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.