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The opening address of Mr. Bernard B. Smith, non-alcholic Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alcoholic Foundation, at the Fourth Annual General Service Conference of AA, held April 21-25, 1954, is here reproduced in full.

Case History

October 1951

By: N. K. | Coral Gables, Florida

Grapevine Daily Quote December 25, 2018

“By whatever name we may call it, the spirit of Christmas is in us all. How best to give and how to receive with ever more gratitude is our common aim. We'd like to practice the spirit of Christmas the year around. Therefore, we shall especially ask ourselves at this season: ‘What more can we find in order that we shall have more to give?’”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., December 1952, “Every Day Is Christmas”, AA Grapevine

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Quote December 25, 2016

“By whatever name we may call it, the spirit of Christmas is in us all. How best to give and how to receive with ever more gratitude is our common aim. We'd like to practice the spirit of Christmas the year around. Therefore, we shall especially ask ourselves at this season: ‘What more can we find in order that we shall have more to give?’”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., December 1952 “Every Day Is Christmas” AA Grapevine

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Quote December 25, 2013

“By whatever name we may call it, the spirit of Christmas is in us all. How best to give and how to receive with ever more gratitude is our common aim. We'd like to practice the spirit of Christmas the year around. Therefore, we shall especially ask ourselves at this season: ‘What more can we find in order that we shall have more to give?’”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., December 1952 “Every Day Is Christmas” AA Grapevine

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Grapevine Daily Quote December 25, 2018

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