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From the Grass Roots

April 1960
By: Mary D. | Wilmington, Delaware
ALIVE AGAIN

Inventory the Big Book Way

December 1983
By: I. R. | Port Elizabeth
Step Four

Web Exclusive: A Night at the Karaoke Bar

January 2012
By: John H. | Cleveland, Ohio
A member recounts an experience of Twelve Step work in Akron

The Gift of Need

March 1988
By: J. N. | W. Springfield, Massachusetts

The Blacked-out Boy

January 1962
By: R. F. S. | New York, New York
Now he was in bad trouble, and only one Grand Juror could believe his story

HARDSHIPS ON THE INSIDE

February 2008
By: John W. | Jarratt, Virginia
After a one-day slip on the outside

Carrying the Message

February 1974
By: R. W. | Michigan City, Indiana
Sister Ignatia's message

The Power of Letting Go

June 2001
By: Anonymous | York, Pennsylvania

The Tree

December 1950
By: Bill Y. | Chicago, Illinois

From the Grass Roots

March 1955
By: M.L.R. | Tulsa, Oklahoma
GOOD INVESTMENT

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

March 1947
By: J. K. | Winter Haven, Florida
Is It Really Anonymous?

The Best Present in Years

December 2015
For a guy who takes meetings into prison, what happened on Christmas Day was such a gift

50 Years Out of the Ring

December 2015
An old-timer remembers back to 1965, when she stopped fighting and hung up the gloves for good

Anyone For Tennis?

April 2015
By: Mary Ann R. | Minneapolis, Minnesota
She came to see that hiding booze in tennis ball canisters in the garage was not social drinking

To the Old-timers of Tomorrow

September 1990
By: Pat C. | Yonkers, New York

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. . . Thank You for Your Lives

May 1983
By: R. G. | Fort Knox, Kentucky

Butterflies at the Alcathon

December 2020 | Remote Communities + Sober Holidays
By: K.W. | Tucson, Ariz.
No better way to get out of ourselves and anchor our nerves than to pick up dirty cups and welcome people

The Bondage of Self

January 1994
By: Vivian J. | Portland, Oregon

The Roots of Resentment

October 1977
By: F. M. | New Canaan, Connecticut
We can see ourselves in the anger we feel toward others

Getting the word out

October 2021 | Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By: Carol K. | Sarasota, Fla.
Even during a pandemic, this CPC committee is helping professionals learn about AA

With the Best of Intentions

March 1993
By: Annemarie M. | Brockton, Massachusetts

AA Around the World

March 1959
By: J. M. G. | Badajoz
MORE THAN FRIENDS - News, comments and letters from and about AA's worldwide outposts and centers--gleaned from letters to the Grapevine and the General Service Office, and from the "AA Exchange Bulletin," published monthly by GSO.

Retying the Knot

December 1988
By: Charles M. | Columbia, Tennessee

Through the Woods

March 2012
By: Susan W. | Port Orange, Florida
Her father's death during her first days of sobriety gave her the strength to keep going

The Care and Nurture of the Old-timer

November 1975
By: J. P. L.
How can we hold the active interest of our indispensable "elder statesmen"? - From the December 1960 Grapevine

A Prayer for Jim

April 2016
The day he lost his way was the same day he discovered some words that opened up his heart

The Fine Line

November 1992
By: Consuelo F. | Weymouth, Massachusetts

Strong Voice of the Eagle

September 2022 | Young & Sober
By: Joe S. | Toronto, Ontario
I’ve been sober more than 30 years. It has been a great journey. Being in AA and being Anishinabe, I believe, go hand in hand, for my culture is very spiritual and giving.

. . . From the Notebook of an Alcoholic

November 1959
By: T. D. | New York City

Interview With the Author of "Physician, Heal Thyself!

October 1995
Fourth in a series of articles on authors of Big Book stories

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Quote July 14 2012

"Just how and when we tell the truth – or keep silent – can often reveal the difference between genuine integrity and none at all."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., August 1961 From: "This Matter of Honesty" Best of Bill
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Quote April 24

"I need to constantly inch forward in AA, closer to the center, to avoid being thrown from the spinning wheel that is my life."

New York, N.Y., April 2004From: "Centrifugal Force" AA Grapevine
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Grapevine Daily Quote December 22, 2018

“My group included almost every type of alcoholic that old-timers feared most ... The amazing thing is most of us stayed sober, despite all the dire predictions. Why? Because the two things we had in common were more important than all our differences. We were alcoholics and we believed in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.”

“Courage to Change,” Springville, Utah, March 2000, Beginner’s Book: Getting and Staying Sober
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Grapevine Daily Quote August 23, 2019

“It surely may be said that the future looks bright. Much more hospitalization, based on the certainty that we are a sick people and that plenty can be done about it, is now on the way. We ought gratefully to acknowledge the work of those agencies outside AA who are strenuously helping this life-redeeming trend along.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., May 1947, “Adequate Hospitalization: One Great Need”, The Language of the Heart
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Quote December 22, 2016

“My group included almost every type of alcoholic that old-timers feared most ... The amazing thing is most of us stayed sober, despite all the dire predictions. Why? Because the two things we had in common were more important than all our differences. We were alcoholics and we believed in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.”

Springville, Utah, March 2000 “Courage to Change” Beginner’s Book: Getting and Staying Sober
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Quote August 23, 2014

“It surely may be said that the future looks bright. Much more hospitalization, based on the certainty that we are a sick people and that plenty can be done about it, is now on the way. We ought gratefully to acknowledge the work of those agencies outside AA who are strenuously helping this life-redeeming trend along.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., May 1947 “Adequate Hospitalization: One Great Need” The Language of the Heart

Grapevine Daily Quote August 23, 2017

“It surely may be said that the future looks bright. Much more hospitalization, based on the certainty that we are a sick people and that plenty can be done about it, is now on the way. We ought gratefully to acknowledge the work of those agencies outside AA who are strenuously helping this life-redeeming trend along.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., May 1947 “Adequate Hospitalization: One Great Need,” The Language of the Heart
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Quote December 22, 2013

“My group included almost every type of alcoholic that old-timers feared most ... The amazing thing is most of us stayed sober, despite all the dire predictions. Why? Because the two things we had in common were more important than all our differences. We were alcoholics and we believed in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.”

Springville, UT, March 2000 “Courage to Change” Beginner’s Book: Getting and Staying Sober
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Grapevine Daily Quote June 21, 2018

‘Imperfection offers me the freedom of a million potentials.”

“The Impossible Dream,” Islamadora, Florida, November 1971, Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1
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Quote June 21, 2016

‘Imperfection offers me the freedom of a million potentials.”

Islamadora, Fla., November 1971 “The Impossible Dream,” Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1
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Quote April 8 2014

“Awareness is the most accessible doorway to spirituality.”

Ames, Iowa, July 2010 “Binge Thinker,” Emotional Sobriety II: The Next Frontier
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Quote April 8, 2017

“Awareness is the most accessible doorway to spirituality.”

Ames, Iowa, July 2010 “Binge Thinker,” Emotional Sobriety II: The Next Frontier
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Quote June 21 2013

'Imperfection offers me the freedom of a million potentials."

Islamadora, Fla., November 1971 "The Impossible Dream" Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1
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Grapevine Daily Quote December 7, 2018

“Certainly, we need leaders, but we must regard them as the human agent of the Higher Power and not with undue adulation as individuals.”

AA Co-Founder, Dr. Bob, September 1948, “The Fundamentals in Retrospect”, The Best of the Grapevine, Volume 2
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Quote December 7, 2016

“Certainly, we need leaders, but we must regard them as the human agent of the Higher Power and not with undue adulation as individuals.”

AA Co-Founder, Dr. Bob, September 1948 “The Fundamentals in Retrospect” The Best of the Grapevine, Volume 2
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