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At Every Meeting Look for Something to Take Home

January 1954
By: Betty T. | Los Angeles, California
At every meeting look for

Imagine--Looking in a Bottle for Happiness

August 1952
By: V. S. | Seminole, Oklahoma

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

May 1946
By: John G. | Bayside, New York
It Can Happen Here

Professor Winkley's School for Counselors

June 1975
By: R. Z. | San Diego, California
Some of us are just too dumb to fully appreciate the scientific approach

DR. Sam Parker of Kings County Suggests "Criteria for A.A. Work in Hospitals

March 1945
By: Sam Parker, M.D. | Brooklyn, New York

What Works for Me

May 2026 | How the steps changed my life
By: Chad P. | St. Louis, Missouri
A member takes a keener look at how he helps alcoholics and what our primary purpose actually is

For Beginners--And for Myself

June 1982
By: A. M. | White Plains, New York
Old-timers have much to share at beginners meetings

A Great Day for a Meeting

September 1981
By: G. M. | Plymouth, Michigan

Doors Are for Opening

May 1980
By: W. H. | Manhattan, New York
Instead of closing the door on his past, he found that

Other Subjects for Closed Meetings

May 1954

A First Time for Everything

March 1992
By: Jim N. | W. Springfield, Massachusetts

In the Place for Drunks

December 1964

Christmas. . .In the Place for Drunks

August 1954
By: Les D.
Selected for reprinting from December 1949 Grapevine by Al S., editor Dec. 1948-Dec. 1951

Two Items for Our Inventory

March 1973
By: Beverly T. | Sunnyvale, California
An AA doctor points out areas in which we could be faulted

I've Stuck It for Ninety Days

November 1966
By: W. B.
Interim report to fellow newcomers

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Christmas. . .In the Place for Drunks

August 1954
By: Les D.
Selected for reprinting from December 1949 Grapevine by Al S., editor Dec. 1948-Dec. 1951

Two Items for Our Inventory

March 1973
By: Beverly T. | Sunnyvale, California
An AA doctor points out areas in which we could be faulted

I've Stuck It for Ninety Days

November 1966
By: W. B.
Interim report to fellow newcomers

Other Points For Discussion

November 1954
HOW AA TRADITIONS BEGAN

Faith for Fear

September 1952
By: L. P. | Ambridge, Pennsylvania

Help for a ‘Garden Variety’ Alcoholic

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Steve H.
He had been an ordinary drinker, but received extraordinary help from AA

Ask for Help. Pause. Pray.

July 2016
Getting sober later in life, this child of the ‘60s faced down divorce and bankruptcy, and found the solution in a Higher Power and plenty of laughter

Too smart for AA?

April 2009
By: Gary S. | Primghar, Iowa
It took him years to get that he simply needed meetings

Searching for Balance

September 1995
By: Bonnie P. | Columbus, Ohio
The difficulties and challenges of juggling marriage, meetings, and kids

A Program for Selfish People

March 1987
By: E. C. | Bowling Green, Kentucky

Grateful for the Rooms

A woman's story of finally accepting the program of AA

CONCERNING RESPONSIBILITY OF PSYCHIATRISTS AND OTHER PHYSICIANS FOR ALCOHOL PROBLEMS

December 1965
By: The Editors
Medical Notes

Race for a Sober Rat

January 1964
By: J. S. F. | Toronto, Ontario
For those in prospecting, newspapering, seafaring, selling shoes, or any other line

I've Got What I Want for Christmas

December 1955
By: Virginia E. | Chicago, Illinois

A Grateful AA Gives One Cheer for Psychiatry

December 1953
By: P. K. | Pueblo, California
with a bow to "Two Cheers for Democracy

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Quote July 5 2013

“Thanks to my God, AA, and the Twelve Steps, sobriety has become the ‘easier, softer way’ for me.”

Magalia, Calif., May 1992 “A Power Greater Than Compulsion,” Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
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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 April 19 2014

“I am learning how to be a better son, brother, friend, and boyfriend. These things may not be a big deal for some, but they are completely foreign to me. What I found in AA was something I had been looking for my whole life, and I didn’t even know it.”

Summer, Washington, April 2011 “Notes from an Alkie,” AA Grapevine
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Quote April 19, 2017

“I am learning how to be a better son, brother, friend, and boyfriend. These things may not be a big deal for some, but they are completely foreign to me. What I found in AA was something I had been looking for my whole life, and I didn’t even know it.”

Summer, Wash., April 2011 “Notes from an Alkie,” AA Grapevine
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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 February 18, 2015

“The sensation of fitting in for someone who has always felt like an outsider is an exquisitely rare feeling.”

Salt Lake City, UT, January 2002“My Heavenly Fit,”Spiritual Awakenings II
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Grapevine Daily Quote February 18, 2018

“The sensation of fitting in for someone who has always felt like an outsider is an exquisitely rare feeling.”

Salt Lake City, UT, January 2002 “My Heavenly Fit,” Spiritual Awakenings II
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Quote April 2 2014

“For all the slow mornings, there are just as many when I arise with an open mind, willing to see what God has in store for me that day. Every chapter of self-pity ends when I am willing to abandon my pride and reach out to another alcoholic.”

Xian, China, October 1994 “Distilled Spirits,” AA Grapevine
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Quote April 2, 2017

“For all the slow mornings, there are just as many when I arise with an open mind, willing to see what God has in store for me that day. Every chapter of self-pity ends when I am willing to abandon my pride and reach out to another alcoholic.”

Xian, China, October 1994 “Distilled Spirits,” AA Grapevine
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Grapevine Daily Quote June 11, 2019

“Asking for help is not just a path to humility; it is a path to connection with my fellows and with God.”

Phoenix, Arizona, April 2011, “HELP,”, AA Grapevine
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Grapevine Daily Quote November 14, 2018

“I have always carried a meeting list and quarter for a phone call because I don’t know when I am going to want another drink.”

“From Rags to Riches,” Cornwall, Ontario, January 2005, Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
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Grapevine Daily Quote November 23, 2018

“The Twelve Steps are deceptively simple but provide limitless spiritual growth for anyone with the patience to stay the course.”

“It Works for Me,” Riverside, Illinois, September 2007, Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
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Grapevine Daily Quote June 26, 2018

“Before we can be of any use to anybody else, we must find the beginnings of the answer for ourselves.”

Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Friend of AA, October 1955, “The Spiritual Angle of AA”, AA Grapevine
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Quote November 14, 2016

“I have always carried a meeting list and quarter for a phone call because I don’t know when I am going to want another drink.”

Cornwall, Ontario, January 2005 “From Rags to Riches” Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
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Quote November 23, 2016

“The Twelve Steps are deceptively simple but provide limitless spiritual growth for anyone with the patience to stay the course.”

Riverside, Illinois, September 2007 “It Works for Me” Voices of Long-Term Sobriety
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