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Loyal, Like Baking Soda

July 2013
For three decades, a special bond of sponsorship has filled her “empty fridge”

A Call for Sponsorship

May 2013
A member can’t say enough about that special one-on-one bond of recovery

Dumped

February 2012
A hurtful email from a sponsee turns out to be a gift

Like Learning to Ride a Bike

December 2011
A sponsor discovers how to help new guys up on two wheels and then let go

An ordinary woman

March 2011
Thirty extraordinary years of passing it on

Giving It Back

March 2011
After 20 years, she is finally experiencing the joys of being a sponsor

Web Exclusive: Learning to Give it Away

March 2011
After 10 years in and out of Alcoholics Anonymous, it was a sponsor who helped this AA member learn to help others in recovery.

Who's sponsoring who?

August 2010
Someone once helped him, and he returns the favor

Strawberry pie ambush

May 2010
A home group and two 'mother hens' keep a new AA on track and active

Mentally ill

March 2010
A sponsor thinks he can't help a troubled member, but decides to try

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.

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