Dear Grapevine
February 2020
| Tough Times
A Good Cry in the Desert
February 2020
| Tough Times
After losing his long battle with alcohol, a soldier finally surrenders to win
Queen of the Silver Dollar
February 2020
| Tough Times
Every evening at 9:15 a group of a half-dozen people would come in, grab a table and drink coffee. I became friends with them.
Cutting Back
February 2020
| Tough Times
Not only has he stopped slurring and weaving all over the yard, but he now has a much nicer lawn
Not My Finest Hour
February 2020
| Tough Times
A member says it’s OK to share that we’re not always grateful and that we’re not having a wonderful day
Tony Darryl Jan Joe & Nancy
February 2020
| Tough Times
How chairing in a phone meeting filled one member with joy as he made a bunch of new friends from Nevada to D.C.
In Gratitude
July 2018
Unable to count on anyone, she became her own higher power—and lived a life of alcoholism, depression and homelessness. Then she found the rooms of AA, and a Power greater than herself
Relief Is Not Release
July 2018
He’d been sober a long time, but a glass of whiskey nearly found its way into his hand. It was because he wasn’t fully living the program
Life On Life’s Terms
July 2018
Life doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom—sobriety is about happiness, enjoyment, and laughter
Experience, Strength and Hope
July 2018
He was such a nice guy—why did everyone abandon him? Maybe it was that bottle that contained self-pity as well as vodka
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