Wouldn’t be anywhere else
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
Kindness, love, large-print books and donuts. You can’t ask for anything more
A sponsor with less time?
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
My choices in a sponsor with longer sobriety than I had were few. Then one day, our youngest child in AA happened to mention something about her sponsee
Old Friends & Good Times
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
I’ve had a subscription to Grapevine since the early 1980s. The magazine sits on my end table and every morning I read one story.
Hot diggity dog
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
After COVID hit, she had to change her meeting. But boy did she relish the chance to make it work
A Common Desire
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
Young, old, gay, straight, trans, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, atheist, angry, happy, sad... if we don’t want to drink, we’re welcome
Letting go
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
How a longtimer learned to observe her thoughts and identify her defects so they don’t take her freedom away
Harvesting Kindness
March 2022
| Emotional Sobriety
The seeds of wisdom and love a dear friend planted are still growing. And luckily there’s still more digging to do
My Vote: No Opinion
October 2016
It’s election time! Members are stressed and rattled. Time to share about it? Uh ... maybe not
Time to punt
October 2016
This high school coach was losing the drinking game. Then one day a fellow teacher handed him a winning play
I’m getting thirsty!
October 2016
Why one member needs to hear about someone’s desperate need for booze
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.