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Grapevine Daily Quote October 9, 2019

“I am not automatically entitled to succeed in everything, or, indeed, in anything. I am, thank God and AA, no longer a superior individual, but simply a sober individual. My Higher Power and I can take it from there, working together that I may do the best I am able to do and realize what talents I may have.”

Fryeburg, Maine, July 1959, “The Unending Pursuit of Humility,”, AA Grapevine

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Quote October 9 2014

"I am not automatically entitled to succeed in everything, or, indeed, in anything. I am, thank God and AA, no longer a superior individual, but simply a sober individual. My Higher Power and I can take it from there, working together that I may do the best I am able to do and realize what talents I may have."

Fryeburg, Me., July 1959    "The Unending Pursuit of Humility,"     AA Grapevine

Grapevine Daily Quote October 9, 2017

“I am not automatically entitled to succeed in everything, or, indeed, in anything. I am, thank God and AA, no longer a superior individual, but simply a sober individual. My Higher Power and I can take it from there, working together that I may do the best I am able to do and realize what talents I may have.”

Fryeburg, Maine, July 1959“The Unending Pursuit of Humility,”AA Grapevine

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