Wind chill – minus 20
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
In any weather, this little in-person meeting in Illinois welcomes you. They even have a mascot named Bella
Not all is well
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
I was inside cooling down, and my wife came in from outside with a concerned look. “There’s a woman out front who fell,” she said. “I think she’s drunk.”
Keeping busy
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
As Twelfth Step calls got more difficult during COVID-19, she just kept thinking outside the box. It was a perfect recipe to cure isolation
Teacher of the year
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
Once fearful, unreliable and smelling of alcohol, she now suits up, shows up and can’t believe the life she’s got
Meeting on 4 wheels
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
On an urgent trip to L.A., a mom on the edge gets some unexpected help from a stranger going 60 mph
Guilding light
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
A member shares some powerful thoughts about AA’s patience, resilience and creativity during COVID-19
Leave outside issues out here
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
Talking politics is frowned on in AA meetings. One member makes the case that clothes can talk too
Fear not
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
It's hard for me to recognize fear right when it arises, but I have a loving God who reminds me that even dumping a bunch of fears in inventory form is progress.
Writing through the fear
October 2021
| Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
After a panicked exit from a Grapevine workshop, she pulled out some paper and went to work. Spot-check inventory to the rescue!
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.