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Grapevine Daily Quote August 23, 2018

“We are again citizens of the world. It is a distraught world, very tired, very uncertain. It has worshiped its own self-sufficiency – and that has failed. We AAs are a people who once did that very thing. That philosophy failed us, too. So perhaps, here and there, our example of recovery can help.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1944, “A Date With Destiny”, The Language of the Heart
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Quote August 23 2013

"We are again citizens of the world. It is a distraught world, very tired, very uncertain. It has worshiped its own self-sufficiency – and that has failed. We AAs are a people who once did that very thing. That philosophy failed us, too. So perhaps, here and there, our example of recovery can help."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1944 "A Date With Destiny" The Language of the Heart
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Coincidence—Or Something Else?

July 2019 | The Prison Issue
By: Phil D. | Monroeville, Pa.
Wednesdays, at 7pm, hold a very special significance for him

God Could If Sought

January 2018 | Sponsorship
By: Corey Y. | Pittsburgh, Pa.
Trained as a scientist, he had abandoned religion long ago. But then he found his way to AA, and AA brought him back to God

Fifty Sober Years

July 1993
By: Richard S. | Kerrville, Texas

Hlala Gahle

October 1961
By: H. H. | Natal
Let us abide in peace" Zulu greeting

Seeking Through Meditation

April 1969
By: An AA doctor | Manhattan, New York
A member who has applied himself to improving his conscious contact with his Higher Power spells out the basic steps in the practice of meditation

Sanctuary Regained

December 1967
By: C. I. | West Los Angeles, California
What can an AA who has had a ruinous slip teach us?

William James and Alcoholics Anonymous

August 1967
By: Robert S. Roth, S.J.

Tell Your Doctor!

February 1962
By: Dr. H. S. | Los Angeles, California
through him you may help many others

A Teen-age Heller

April 1961
By: Anon. | Yonkers, New York
For most alcoholics, the disease develops slowly and grows insidiously. Here, it was a quick bonfire, searing a young life in a few months

I Didn't Want to Want to. . .

June 1960
By: Warden Clinton Duffy
San Quentin's former warden tells how Prison Groups offer alcoholic inmates a means for recovery from the disease that is often directly responsible for criminal records

Quote May 29, 2015

“My concept of a higher power is the power of good.”

Pasadena, Calif., April 1978 “The Power of Good,” Spiritual Awakenings
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Quote January 29, 2016

“There was no use in my wondering why or when I became an alcoholic for the very simple reason that it wouldn’t change my condition; even if I did find the answer, I would still be an alcoholic.”

Toronto, Ontario, November 1952 “I Had Lost the War!” Step By Step
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Quote January 29, 2013

“There was no use in my wondering why or when I became an alcoholic for the very simple reason that it wouldn’t change my condition; even if I did find the answer, I would still be an alcoholic.”

Toronto, Ontario, November 1952 From: “I Had Lost the War!” Step By Step
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Lessons Learned

june 2026 | Young & Sober
By: Bill B. | Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
When he was younger, he relapsed a lot. Now sober, he can see how his experience can help others

Family Can Wait

January 2026 | Stories for Day Counters
By: Elizabeth J. | Columbus, Ohio
A dry, unhappy newcomer faces spending the holidays with family in a cabin far away. What could possibly go wrong?

What Will Be Will Be

November 2025 | Early days of AA
By: Jill S. | Asheville, North Carolina
As dangerous flood waters surrounded her, she used everything she learned in AA to find peace

Can’t Wait to See What’s Next

October 2025 | AA & Technology
By: J.C. | Muskegon, Michigan

Beyond Human Help

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Liza P. | Middle Park, Victoria
Finding a spiritual awakening through the 12 Steps

Devil’s rejects

December 2021 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays
By: Rob S. | Burnaby, British Columbia
Sobriety can be tough at an isolated oil camp. But these guys stepped up and made AA happen and even found time to celebrate

Welcome Aboard

August 2021 | Seniors in AA
By: Shari S. | Somers, N.Y.
On a ship with her three children, a mother walks into an onboard AA meeting and changes her life

Doin’ it

August 2021 | Seniors in AA
By: Beverly D. | Lummi Island, Wash.
After years of alcoholism and trauma, she’s done the work and living the good life. And she’s only 90!

Two Years of Sobriety

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Shawna K. | Kingwood Group, Texas
Checking in at two years sober… and counting

Scared to be seen

December 2013
By: Anonymous
A newcomer gets assured right away about anonymity in AA

Too Chinese Too Jewish Too Young

October 2012
By: Anonymous
She felt AA was not for her—but she kept coming

Getting up to Speed

November 2011
By: J.G. | Stockholm
Is it time to update our Eleventh Tradition?

Don't sugarcoat it

February 2010
By: JODY Y. | South Lyon, Mich.
A female AA rejoices in the honesty and support of her women's group

Everything I Need to Know About Sobriety I Learned in My Home Group

September 2004
By: Barbara B.

When You Need It Most

March 2003
By: Roger M.
Shaken by a patient's death, a newly sober surgeon learns how AA works

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