GVR / RLV 101 · Session 3 of 6
Your literature table
Set up a table people stop at, lend back issues and carry the message with every issue.
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Goal · 6 minutes
Turn the magazines on your table into a Twelfth Step tool.
Key points
What to know
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A table people stop at
Show the current Grapevine and La Viña face up, with a catalog and a few free postcards from the rep kits. Keep it tidy and refresh it every month.
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Back issues keep working
Older issues are still full of stories. Sort them by theme so a member can find one on sponsorship, the Steps or the holidays.
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A lending library
Let members borrow an issue and bring it back, or pass it on to someone who needs it. A simple sign-out sheet with first names only is enough.
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Put each issue to work
Our Monthly toolkit gathers 10 ways to carry the message with the magazines — from a newcomer's first copy to a doctor's waiting room — with tips for each month's theme.
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Share with other service work
Offer copies to the members who serve in H&I, Corrections, PI or CPC: a magazine can go where a meeting can't.
Try this at your group
Pick one of the 10 ways this month and try it, then tell your district how it went.
Talk it over
Where in your town could a magazine reach someone who isn't in AA yet?
This month on this site
Live examplePut the November issue to work
Build a lending library at your group
Timeless stories from the archive — a perennial lending-library addition.
Grapevine theme: AA Members & Mental Health
Open this month's toolkitLearn more
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