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The Perfect Slip

August 1992
By: Max W. | Beaverton, Oregon

The recommended questions are as follows:

February 1961
By: T. W. R. | Alexandria, Virginia
If your prospect is an artful dodger try him on these blockbusters

Discussion Subject For Closed Meetings

August 1954

Put the Plug in the Jug

September 1999
By: Clyde E. | Eugene, Oregon

Let's Be Friendly With Our Friends. . .The Physicians

August 1957
By: Bill W.
Second in a Series

The color of love

December 2018 | Sober for the Holidays and Remote Communities
By: M.D. | San Francisco, California
In a big red house in San Francisco, heart after heart opens as AA shows up at his door

The Butt Guy

May 2003
By: Jim H. | Adelphi, Maryland
An uppity beginner comes back down to earth, with help from a tough sponsor and some hardcore service

AA Around the World

October 1957
By: S. J. M. | Calcutta
FROM INDIA <lbNews, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and General Service Headquarters, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly GSH

Food for Thought

October 1956
By: L.W. | Beaumont, Texas

Right at the Moment

December 1949
By: Anonymous | Warwick, Ohio

Mail Call for All A.A.s at Home Or Abroad

March 1948
By: J. Paul S. | Chicago
Liked Restatement of Aims

Carrying the Message

August 1969
By: T. H. | Ft. Morgan, Colorado
The lone prairie

The Harder We Chased Them, the Faster They Ran

July 1996
By: Marie K. | Irvine, California

The Man from AA

May 2016
We show up, we help out, we comfort the suffering alcoholic—because that’s what we do

The Words and the Music

July 1993
By: Anonymous | Los Angeles, California
Step Seven: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.

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Where are the Newcomers?

May 2022 | 60th Anniversary of the Concepts
By: Victoria F. | Princeton, N.J.
A member wonders if her group could explore some new ways to fulfill its primary purpose

From the Streets to the Rooms

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Jennifer M. | Mobile, Ala
Homeless and at her first AA meeting, she was hoping to get kicked out—until she read the Steps on the wall…

Tradition 1: The Head Drunk

January 2008
By: W.H. | Pittsfield, Massachusetts
A long-timer reflects on unity, recovery, and service

The Peter Principle

April 1996
By: Anna A. | Gulf Shores, Alabama
A sober mother gets a call from the son she gave up for adoption

Anonymity and the Social Networks

An AA discovers a way in which her anonymity is threatened by an online social group

Following the Traditions

April 1967
By: The Editors
Dead-Letter Anonymity

Alice in the Wonderland of AA

October 1953
By: Elizabeth B. | Front Royal

Tradition 4: From the Bottom Up

April 2008
By: Dave R. | Manchester, New Hampshire
How change really happens

Basking in the Joy

A long-time member celebrates the fellowship of his daily home group

The Great Escape

March 2020 | Puzzled
By: S.V. | Farmington, N.H.
Drunk, on a mission, she had to get somewhere fast. But it turns out her destination was the train to AA

The Last Stop On The Block

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: G.S. | Kansas City, Mo.
His last stop was his first step toward sobriety

Angel in the Liquor Store

October 2011
By: Michele K. | Columbus, Ohio
Ph.D.s don't matter if you can't get enough box wine

The Persistence of Delusion

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Tom F. | Fort Bragg, Calif.
He was certain he could control his drinking through willpower alone. Fifty years passed before he got sober….

In the Rest of Our Affairs:

February 2000
By: Rogelia M. V.
Two presentations from the World Service Meeting, held in Auckland, New Zealand, in October of 1998

Intellect and the Disease of Alcoholism

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Bart H. | Reno, Nev.
Floundering after 15 dry years, he decided to stop thinking and start believing

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Quote August 5, 2015

"'Absolute humility would consist of a state of complete freedom from myself, freedom from all the claims that my defects of character now lay so heavily upon me. Perfect humility would be a full willingness, in all times and places, to find and to do the will of God.'"

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;"Humility for Today"&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The Language of the Heart
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Quote January 10, 2013

“I realized that it is possible to believe in a Higher Power, in the efficacy of prayer and meditation, in making a conscious contact with a Higher Power as those concepts, privately understood – or not understood – are suggested in AA, without the loss of one iota of my precious identity.”

New York, N.Y., September 1977 From: “AA and the Religious Turnoff” Spiritual Awakenings
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Quote August 5 2012

"Absolute humility would consist of a state of complete freedom from myself, freedom from all the claims that my defects of character now lay so heavily upon me. Perfect humility would be a full willingness, in all times and places, to find and to do the will of God."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961 From: "Humility for Today" The Language of the Heart
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Quote August 26 2013

"Ego was being replaced with self-respect ... resentment and hatred were being replaced with tolerance and understanding ... fear was being replaced with trust ... loneliness and self-pity were being replaced with gratitude and love -- all because I was working the program to the best of my ability and wasn't drinking."

Toledo, Ohio, September 1982 "Above All, an Alcoholic" In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
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Quote June 24 2013

"Older AAs who know the record are unanimous in their feeling that an intelligence greater than ours has surely been at work, else we could never have avoided so many pitfalls, could never have been so happily related to our millions of friends in the outside world."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., August 1945 "Modesty One Plank for Good Public Relations" The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote January 6, 2019

“The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal.”

“Gateway to Freedom,” Gainesville, Florida, September 1994, Step By Step
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Grapevine Daily Quote October 22, 2019

“The simplicity of this program never changes -- what works is constant: trust in God, clean house, and work with others.”

Concord, California, Mary 1997, “Take My Advice -- I’m Not Using It,”, Emotional Sobriety
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Grapevine Daily Quote November 28, 2018

“Recovery is giving it away. If you don’t give it away you can’t have it ... Be part of the pipeline.”

“Oh God, You Again?” Greenwich Village, New York, December 1997, I Am Responsible: The Hand of AA
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Grapevine Daily Quote March 6, 2019

“Today, my short version of the Third Step is this: Keep taking care of me, Lord, because I appreciate it now.”

“Dear God: Keep Coming Back,” Berrien Springs, Michigan, April 1991, AA Grapevine
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Grapevine Daily Quote April 6, 2019

“The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal.”

“Gateway to Freedom,” Gainesville, Florida, September 1994, Step By Step
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Daily Quote January 6 2014

“The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal.”

Gainesville, Fla., September 1994 “Gateway to Freedom,” Step By Step
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Quote March 6 2014

"Today, my short version of the Third Step is this: Keep taking care of me, Lord, because I appreciate it now."

Berrien Springs, Mich., April 1991 "Dear God: Keep Coming Back" AA Grapevine
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Quote January 27, 2015

“Nowhere in the AA literature does it say that this is a selfish program. It does, however, talk about becoming selfless.”

Ottawa, Ontario, August 1994
“Selfless, Not Selfish,”
AA Grapevine
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October 22 2014

"The simplicity of this program never changes -- what works is constant: trust in God, clean house, and work with others."

Concord, Calif., Mary 1997&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;"Take My Advice -- I'm Not Using It," &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Emotional Sobriety

Quote January 6, 2017

“The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal.”

Gainesville, Florida, September 1994 “Gateway to Freedom,” Step By Step
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