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The Cupcake Fairy

April 2025 | Making Amends
By: Kim W. | Anacortes, Washington

Carrying the Message

November 1966
By: J. A. S. | Washington, District of Columbia
Saying thank you

Lightening Rod for Controversy?

A lack of group conscience meetings in her homegroup led her to the Twelve Concepts

PRAASA (Pacific Region AA Service Assembly)

Date
March 3, 2017 - March 5, 2017
Location
Sacramento, California

PRAASA (Pacific Region AA Service Assembly)      www.praasa.org

SWRAASA (Southwest Regional AA Service Assembly)

Date
October 21, 2016 - October 23, 2016
Location
Rogers, Arkansas

SWRAASA (Southwest Regional AA Service Assembly).      www.swraasa.org

SWTA 68 Pre-General Service Conference Assembly

Date
April 7, 2017 - April 9, 2017
Location
San Antonio, Texas

SWTA 68 Pre-General Service Conference Assembly.    www.aa-swta.org

4th Southern States Service Assembly

Date
November 10, 2017 - November 12, 2017
Location
Atlanta, Georgia

4th Southern States Service Assembly.     www.aaarea1.org/ssaasa.html

PRAASA (Pacific Region AA Service Assembly)

Date
March 7, 2014 - March 9, 2014

San Diego, CA: PRAASA (Pacific Region AA Service Assembly).      www.praasa.org

Area 68 Pre-General Service Conference Assembly

Date
March 30, 2012 - April 1, 2012

Round Rock, TX: Area 68 Pre-General Service Conference Assembly.

[email protected]

NERAASA (Northeast Regional AA Service Assembly)

Date
February 24, 2017 - February 26, 2017
Location
Framingham, Massacusetts

NERAASA (Northeast Regional AA Service Assembly).    

[email protected]       www.neraasa2017.org

WRAASA (Western Regional AA Service Assembly)

Date
February 27, 2015 - March 1, 2015

Calgary, Alberta: WRAASA (Western Regional AA Service Assembly)

[email protected] www.wraasa2015.com

PRAASA (Pacific Region AA Service Assembly)

Date
March 2, 2018 - March 4, 2018
Location
Sparks, Nevada

PRAASA (Pacific Region AA Service Assembly).        

[email protected]     www.PRAASA2018.com

33rd Recovery, Unity & Service Conference

Date
January 2, 2015 - January 4, 2015

Owatonna, MN: 33rd Recovery, Unity & Service Conference.

[email protected] http://area36.org

The Notebook

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Katy R. | Brooklyn, N.Y.
Her grandfather died sober, and left behind a notebook that showed her how “to be”

Carrying the Message

November 1972
By: R. H. | Yankton, South Dakota
Complete treatment team

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A Cake for Charley

September 2014
By: Charley K. | Manhattan, Kansas
Here I am, a man of 74 years, celebrating his fourth AA birthday, happy to be here and happy to be alive.

One Foot in Front of the Other

June 2021 | Dating & Relationships
By: Bridget M. | East Moriches, N.Y.
After months of isolation, members in Long Island band together to stay connected during COVID-19

Reconnecting Through the Years

December 2013
Their separate lives took them to various continents but they kept bumping into each other through AA

In the Palm of My Hand

March 2004
By: Chris F. | Ottawa, Ontario
His lifelines chart two different paths--one to recovery, one to a ruined body in a doorway

The Dragon and the Shrew

June 1950
By: A.L. | Dubuque, lowa
or WHAT TO DO TILL THE RIOT SQUAD GETS THERE

We Pay the Piper

April 1982
By: W. H. | Manhattan, New York
Tradition 7 - Every AA group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions

Double The Love

March 2024 | Spanish-Speaking AA Members
By: Michael E. | Port St. Lucie, Florida
Boy, did he luck out. Not only did he get a good sponsor, but two great friends who became his AA family

Across the Editor's Desk

May 1956

The Idea of Co-sponsorship

October 1962
By: W. L. G. | New Rochelle, New York
Are some things so intimate we can't discuss them with our regular sponsor?

Breaking Through the Denial

January 2014
By: M.E. | Rocky Hill, New Jersey
It took several false starts in AA before he understood powerless

The October Issue of Grapevine Is Here

This month's special section features stories on the slogans

A Word for It

March 1960
By: New Life | Lompoc, California

We Pay the Piper

July 2002
By: W.H. | New York, New York
Reprinted from the April 1952 Grapevine

Cooperating with the Courts

October 2024 | CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community
By: Kerry Meyer Class A (non-alcoholic) Trustee | Minneapolis, Minnesota
Chief Judge and Class A Trustee of the General Service Board shares about the importance of CPC service

The Seeds of Treatment

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Kathleen W. | Roseburg, Ore.
Once the seed of acceptance was planted within herself, she found a way to nourish it in others

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I made it to the surface

Magazine Issue February 2015 | Topics None

Outsmarting the Jersey Devil

Magazine Issue February 2015 | Topics None

Audio: The 19th Hole

Magazine Issue January 2012 | Topics None

Audio: Who Is That Boy in the Painting

Magazine Issue January 2012 | Topics None

Audio: Out of the Storm

Magazine Issue January 2012 | Topics None

Audio: The hopeful side of grief

Magazine Issue December 2011 | Topics None

Audio: It's In the Vault

Magazine Issue December 2011 | Topics None

Audio: Knees in the Grass

Magazine Issue December 2011 | Topics None

Audio: The year I needed Santa

Magazine Issue December 2011 | Topics None

Audio: Losing the Ranch

Magazine Issue December 2011 | Topics None

Audio: The Case of the Amber-Colored Liquid

Magazine Issue November 2011 | Topics None

Audio: A Suggestion for Thanksgiving

Magazine Issue November 2011 | Topics None

Audio: Looking for HP

Magazine Issue November 2011 | Topics None

Audio: The Beautiful Smell of Rain

Magazine Issue November 2011 | Topics None

Audio: Go Mow the Lawn

Magazine Issue October 2011 | Topics None

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Grapevine Daily Quote November 8, 2017

“As individuals, we can carry the AA experience and ideas into any outside field whatever, provided that we guard anonymity and refuse to use the AA name for money-raising or publicity purposes.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., February 1958“Problems Other Than Alcohol,”The Language of the Heart
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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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Grapevine Daily Quote July 25, 2018

“If all I have is a dollar in my pocket and I’m at a meeting, logic tells me to save it for myself for later. If I give it to AA, and have faith in the process, it will come back to me in ways I can’t even imagine.”

“Sk8ting Through Life,” Sacramento, California, September 2005, In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
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Quote July 25 2013

"If all I have is a dollar in my pocket and I'm at a meeting, logic tells me to save it for myself for later. If I give it to AA, and have faith in the process, it will come back to me in ways I can't even imagine."

Sacramento, Calif., September 2005M "Skating Through Life" In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery
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Quote August 21, 2014

“It has been difficult for me to accept myself and some of my decisions ... But I’ve done the best I can with the information available, even if it might not be someone else’s best.”

Bennettville, Minnesota, December 1999 “A Tough Pull,” In Our Own Words

Grapevine Daily Quote August 21, 2017

“It has been difficult for me to accept myself and some of my decisions ... But I’ve done the best I can with the information available, even if it might not be someone else’s best.”

Bennettville, Minn., December 1999“A Tough Pull,” In Our Own Words
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Grapevine Daily Quote August 21, 2019

“It has been difficult for me to accept myself and some of my decisions ... But I’ve done the best I can with the information available, even if it might not be someone else’s best.”

“A Tough Pull,” Bennettville, Minnesota, December 1999, In Our Own Words
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Quote Feb 23 2016

"I am free to like and enjoy what I have. I don't need to exhibit my high values by hating my rowboat for not being a yacht, my house for not being a palace, my child for not being a prodigy."

Islamadora, Fla., November 1971    From: "The Impossible Dream"Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
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Quote February 23, 2013

“I am free to like and enjoy what I have. I don’t need to exhibit my high values by hating my rowboat for not being a yacht, my house for not being a palace, my child for not being a prodigy.”

Islamadora, Fla., November 1971 From: “The Impossible Dream” Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
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Grapevine Daily Quote June 22, 2018

“Sound policy can only be made by rubbing the conservatives and the promoters together. Their discussions, if free from personal ambitions and resentment, can be depended upon to produce the right answers. For us, there is no other way.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1945, “The Book Is Born”, The Language of the Heart
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Quote June 22, 2016

“Sound policy can only be made by rubbing the conservatives and the promoters together. Their discussions, if free from personal ambitions and resentment, can be depended upon to produce the right answers. For us, there is no other way.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1945 “The Book Is Born” The Language of the Heart
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Quote June 22 2013

"Sound policy can only be made by rubbing the conservatives and the promoters together. Their discussions, if free from personal ambitions and resentment, can be depended upon to produce the right answers. For us, there is no other way."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1945 "The Book Is Born" The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote September 20, 2018

“There has to be something to be grateful for if I am only willing to change my attitude and look for it.”

“Not On Fire,” Mesa, Arizona, March 2010, Emotional Sobriety II
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Quote September 20, 2016

“There has to be something to be grateful for if I am only willing to change my attitude and look for it.”

Mesa, Ariz., March 2010 “Not On Fire” Emotional Sobriety II
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Quote January 26, 2016

“There has to be something to be grateful for if I am only willing to change my attitude and look for it.”

Mesa, Ariz., March 2010 “Not on Fire” AA Grapevine
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