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Quote January 31, 2017

“We well know that our defects, as people and as a Society, have been and still are very great. And we hope that we shall never cease to rededicate ourselves to their correction.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., March 1960 “After Twenty-Five Years” The Language of the Heart
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Quote December 9, 2015

"If we can stop this frantic drive to prove that we are remarkable people, it is quite likely that we will settle down and really enjoy whatever life has to offer us."

New York, N.Y., August 1948 "Those Depressions–Make Them Work for Good!" Best of Grapevine, Volume 1
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Quote December 9, 2012

“If we can stop this frantic drive to prove that we are remarkable people, it is quite likely that we will settle down and really enjoy whatever life has to offer us.”

New York, N.Y., August 1948 From: “Those Depressions–Make Them Work for Good!” Best of Grapevine, Volume 1
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Grapevine Daily Quote September 3, 2018

“I had a really good reason for working Step Nine and making amends to my family and friends. I didn’t want a parade of people at my funeral singing, ‘Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead!’”

“Heard at Meetings,” Sarasota, Florida, February 2009, Step By Step
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Quote September 3, 2016

“I had a really good reason for working Step Nine and making amends to my family and friends. I didn’t want a parade of people at my funeral singing, ‘Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead!’”

Sarasota, Fla., February 2009 “Heard at Meetings” Step By Step
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Quote December 2, 2015

"Thank God for all the wonderful people, professional and otherwise, who have helped me or tried to. Even when the help has not succeeded, it has kept me going, kept me trying."

New Canaan, Conn., April 1976 "Just Keep On Going" Best of Grapevine, Volume 1
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Quote December 2, 2012

“Thank God for all the wonderful people, professional and otherwise, who have helped me or tried to. Even when the help has not succeeded, it has kept me going, kept me trying.”

New Canaan, Conn., April 1976 From: “Just Keep On Going” Best of Grapevine, Volume 1
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Quote September 3, 2013

"I had a really good reason for working Step Nine and making amends to my family and friends. I didn't want a parade of people at my funeral singing, 'Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead!'"

Sarasota, Fla., February 2009 "Heard at Meetings" Step By Step
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Always With Me

june 2026 | Young & Sober
By: C.H. | Corpus Christi, Texas
When she asks her Higher Power for help, it comes—just not always the way she wants it. And that’s OK with her

Lost & Found

March 2026 | AA & the Family
By: Paul M. | Oceanport, New Jersey
How would he ever repay the kindness he received on that dark, cold, drunken night? Years later in AA, he found a way

The Spirit of Unity

January 2026 | Stories for Day Counters
By: George H. | Kingston, New Hampshire
After years of seeing AA as a filling station, he stepped up his game and learned how important our common welfare is

Surrounded by Love

January 2026 | Stories for Day Counters
By: Bill O. | Doylestown, Pennsylvania
At a Sunday morning Step meeting in Pennsylvania, helping newcomers is what they do best

Came To Believe

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Anonymous | Chico, Calif.
Her obsession to drink had lifted. How was that possible?

83 & On the Go

September 2025 | Stories of Gratitude
By: Chuck H. | Laguna Woods, California
A longtimer zigzags across the country gathering small-town stories and AA adventures

I Came Back

June 2025 | Annual Prison Issue
By: Anonymous
He had sponsees and knew the Big Book front and back. But then he slipped. Now for the hard part

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The Laundromat Lush

November 1969
By: M. S. | Cypress, California
She lost so many of her husband's shirts, she almost lost him

Is 'Agnostic' a Nasty Word?

September 1969
By: J. B. | Casper, Wyoming
This member complains that many AAs stigmatize those who do not believe in a traditional deity

El Exigente Get Lost!

July 1969
By: J. S. | Manhattan, New York
Coffee causes this AA almost, but not quite, as much trouble as booze

Special-speaker Syndrome

August 1968
By: M. U. | Brighton, Colorado
It feels terrible to be up there with the expectation you'll knock 'em dead

The Sense of Wonder

June 1968
By: B. L. | Seattle, Washington
. . .AA has taught me--to relate myself to the universe. . .

A Martian Report on a Curious Earth Cult

June 1967
By: R. Z. | Council Bluffs, Iowa

A Night in Paris

February 1967
By: Anonymous
If you want an unusual experience in the City of Lights try the AA way

About Alcoholism - Alcoholism Information, Research and Treatment

September 1966
ALCOHOLICS AND LAW

Lonesome Road

December 1964
By: Pop | Broderick
The way out was bitter and friendless; the way back, after fifty years, a joy

My Name Is Abel

November 1964
By: A. K. M. | Buga

Women Alcoholics Have a Tougher Fight

July 1964
By: Marty M. | Manhattan, New York
How this fact offers an exceptional opportunity to women members of AA

An Emotional Fall

April 1964
By: M. U. | Boulder, Colorado
How this Humpty Dumpty put herself back together again

Big Swede

January 1964
By: W. L. W. | Syracuse, New York
--a powerful living legend

Hidden, Lost and Found

August 1963
By: M. B. C. | Phoenix, Arizona
All the test questions proved this mother of nine wasn't an alcoholic, but. . .

My Initiation Fee

July 1963
By: D. L. C. | Cedar Falls, Iowa

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