Help Wanted
January 2021
| Oldtimers!
I had been fired again. I was hitting bottom, though I didn’t know that at the time. I picked up the pay phone in the coffee shop. That was my First Step.
Last call
January 2020
| Spiritual Awakenings
It was 1985. She took out a dime and stared at her shot glass. Then she walked over to the phone and saved her life
Diehards
November 2018
With just a few weeks sober, a newspaperman learns that some Twelfth Step calls really pay off
Back in Brooklyn
April 2015
An old timer reflects on the neighborhood she grew up in and where she started drinking
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.