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This time, praying for my mother was different. She was dying. So I thought about what I would want if I were in her place. This is when AA really stepped in.

A prayer for mom

April 2020 | Home Group

By: Jeff H. | Sturgeon, Mo.

This time, praying for my mother was different. She was dying. So I thought about what I would want if I were in her place. This is when AA really stepped in.

If You’re Looking For A Place to Home

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By: Caroline P. | Riverside, Calif.

Coming into the program after twenty years of drinking, she was reborn—as herself

Reporting for Duty

January 2020 | Spiritual Awakenings

By: George W. | Louisville, Ky.

He thought his long, distinguished service career was over. Turns out he had more giving back to do

Rehab For the Holidays

December 2019 | Remote Communities & Sober Holidays

By: Andrea J. | Dallas, Texas

Getting and staying sober through the holiday season made her realize how grateful she really was

A vision for service

October 2019 | Is AA Accessible to all who need it?

By: Anonymous | The Chosen Spot, New York

Though her sight is often a challenge, her passion for giving back keeps growing

This is the door you're looking for

October 2018

By: Lori U. | Portland, Oregon

She may not have been raised to end up on skid row, but she sure found her hope there

Unfit for duty

April 2018

By: Terry H.

Anything for Sobriety

January 2018 | Sponsorship

By: Lubov B.

“Going to any length” is not some abstract phrase to her, but the way she lives her new sobriety in AA

Thumbing for the Holidays

December 2017 | Issue Title Here

By: Bonnie R. | Ashe County, North Carolina

Broke and lonely, a newcomer looking to do service hits the road and gets an unexpected surprise

Cuckoo for sobriety

December 2017 | Issue Title Here

By: Brad R. | Hattiesburg, Miss

A man finds his way into sobriety and discovers that the song of a once-treasured clock is a symbol for the hope AA brings to his life

OK for this day

November 2017 | Issue Title Here

By: Kate K. | Lakewood, Washington

She got sober just in time to face a breakup and a new baby—and her sponsor’s words held true

Table for One

June 2017

By: Robyn R. | New York, New York

How one member found she doesn’t need a man on her arm or a drink in her hand to define her

Thirst for adventure

March 2017

By: Edith F. | Essex, Massachusetts

A footloose bohemian sobers up and hits the road and discovers things she never imagined

What’s good for the group

January 2017

By: Dan W. | Eatonville, Washington

Through lots of trial and error, a member learns the importance of AA unity

Pray for land!

December 2016

By: Jim B. | Richardson, Texas

Stuck on a crazy boat for 10 days with no money and a dangerous captain—and no meetings in sight

Quote September 3, 2014

“AA’s message promises healing and wholeness for any alcoholic who will pay the price. The price is simply to accept the help that will save our lives.”

Riverside, Illinois, August 1977“Turning On the Power,” Spiritual Awakenings

Quote March 1, 2016

“We believe that any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an AA group provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., February 1948 From: “Tradition Three” The Language of the Heart

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Quote May 18, 2016

“Trying to figure it all out in my head brings on waves of fear, anxiety, and self-reproach. So I say, ‘What can I do for myself and others today?’”

New Canaan, Conn., April 1976 “Just Keep On Going” Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1

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Quote April 13, 2015

“Part of the magic of AA is that the Fellowship, like the loving God who presides over us all, never gives up hope for the suffering alcoholic.”

West Palm Beach, Fla., September 1986 “The Kid Who Came In from the Cold,” In Our Own Words

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Grapevine Daily Quote September 3, 2017

“AA’s message promises healing and wholeness for any alcoholic who will pay the price. The price is simply to accept the help that will save our lives.”

Riverside, Ill., August 1977 “Turning On the Power,” Spiritual Awakenings

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Quote March 1, 2013

“We believe that any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an AA group provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., February 1948 From: “Tradition Three” The Language of the Heart

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Quote May 18

Trying to figure it all out in my head brings on waves of fear, anxiety, and self-reproach. So I say, 'What can I do for myself and others today?'

New Canaan, Conn., April 1976 "Just Keep On Going" Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1

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Grapevine Daily Quote December 27, 2019

“As long as I am acting in a loving and caring manner, I am not responsible for how others react. This frees me from pleasing people at my own emotional expense.”

Temple, Texas, March 1983, “An Equal-Opportunity Deplorer,”, Emotional Sobriety

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Grapevine Daily Quote February 8, 2019

“If you need a friend who understands, look no further than the rooms of AA and the Big Book. They always hold an answer and some faith for me.”

“Imperfect Progress,” Santa Rosa, California, October 2006, Beginner’s Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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Quote February 8 2014

"If you need a friend who understands, look no further than the rooms of AA and the Big Book. They always hold an answer and some faith for me."

Santa Rosa, Calif, October 2006 From: "Imperfect Progress" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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Grapevine Daily Quote May 19, 2018

“In AA we aim not only for sobriety – we try again to become citizens of the world that we rejected, and of the world that once rejected us.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., as quoted in April 1998, “Citizens of the World”, AA Grapevine

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Quote December 27, 2014

“As long as I am acting in a loving and caring manner, I am not responsible for how others react. This frees me from pleasing people at my own emotional expense.”

Temple, TX, March 1983 “An Equal-Opportunity Deplorer,” Emotional Sobriety

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Grapevine Daily Quote August 9, 2018

“Often in the past, my prayers for help have been answered in ways that I have not recognized as answers. Indeed, I have cursed my fate instead of thanking God.”

“Gratitude,” New Canaan, Connecticut, September 1979, Voices of Long-Term Sobriety

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Grapevine Daily Quote August 14, 2018

“Ours is a Fellowship of suggestions and not demands. In my thirty-five years, I have found answers for me but have not acquired the ability to live another person’s life.”

“Know Thyself,” West Dennis, Massachusetts, October 1993, Voices of Long-Term Sobriety

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Quote February 8, 2017

“If you need a friend who understands, look no further than the rooms of AA and the Big Book. They always hold an answer and some faith for me.”

Santa Rosa, Calif., October 2006 “Imperfect Progress,” Beginner’s Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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