Huge Amounts of Love
May 2023
| Home Group
The gifts of kindness and patience that go into sponsoring come back in ways we can’t imagine
Step Fur
April 2023
| AA & Families
If her inventory had been fur-less, she wouldn’t have had a chilly run-in with the truth
The Guys Who Got Me Here
February 2023
| Making Amends
A member in St. Louis lovingly shares about his many adventures with sponsorship
This beautiful truth
January 2023
| Spiritual Awakenings
A member raised in the Muslim faith shares her eye-opening journey with the Second and Third Steps
Make me a Channel
November 2020
| Our Twelve Traditions
How a sponsor’s suggestion to meditate on a prayer led him on a path to peace, love and a sense of belonging
Dear Grapevine
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
Borrow mine
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
I said “Jim, maybe you could use my Higher Power.” I told him I was sure he wouldn’t mind. Jim thanked me and we never spoke of the God thing again.
Any Lengths
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
When sponsoring, it’s sometimes hard to tell when to quit or when to keep going, so we ask for help
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
Life of the party
May 2018
Terrified, she opened the door to the Sunset room and heard people laughing. She's been celebrating now for 35 years
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.