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Get Busy!

Without the AA program, she would not have been able to handle some of the lessons life has handed down to her.

Keeping busy

October 2021 | Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By: V.T. | Vista, Calif.
As Twelfth Step calls got more difficult during COVID-19, she just kept thinking outside the box. It was a perfect recipe to cure isolation

Busy Does It!

March 1955
By: R.B. | Peoria, Illinois

Paging Bill W. to Gate Seven

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Doug D. | Orange County, CA
When “Friends of Bill” meet at the airport, both of them part a little more sober

In Houston, It’s All Business

February 2014
By: Anonymous

How To Succeed In Business Without Imbibing

January 2003
By: Ralph B. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Toronto A.A.s Busy

March 1947

Web Exclusive: A St. Patrick's Day Business Trip

July 2011
By: Dana M. | Lebanon, New Hampshire
An AA uses the tools of the program to stay sober while traveling with work colleagues

Mom gets busy

May 2018
By: Karla L. | Lake Forest Park, Washington
Thanks to her sponsor, she learned that life gets more full, not less, when you get sober

Story Archive: Visiting Rikers

April 2011
A prison commitment yields great rewards for one AA

Caution: Busy life

October 2021 | Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By: Anne D. | Fort Myers, Fla.
Work, travel, caretaking...how could she ever get to enough meetings? The answer was just a phone call away

Let Us Turn the Pages With Care and Honesty

July 1949
By: C.R.B. | Crow's Nest

Please God, Help Me to Mind My Own Damn Business

May 1953
By: T. T. | Falmouth, Massachusetts

A Busy Spot in South Africa

April 1960
By: A. S. | Carletonville, Transvaal

One Line That's Never Busy

July 1965
By: K. L. F. | Fredericton
Any time, any place, we can stay "in contact" by means of the "AA network.

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Get Busy!

Without the AA program, she would not have been able to handle some of the lessons life has handed down to her.

Keeping busy

October 2021 | Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By: V.T. | Vista, Calif.
As Twelfth Step calls got more difficult during COVID-19, she just kept thinking outside the box. It was a perfect recipe to cure isolation

Busy Does It!

March 1955
By: R.B. | Peoria, Illinois

Paging Bill W. to Gate Seven

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: Doug D. | Orange County, CA
When “Friends of Bill” meet at the airport, both of them part a little more sober

In Houston, It’s All Business

February 2014
By: Anonymous

How To Succeed In Business Without Imbibing

January 2003
By: Ralph B. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Toronto A.A.s Busy

March 1947

Web Exclusive: A St. Patrick's Day Business Trip

July 2011
By: Dana M. | Lebanon, New Hampshire
An AA uses the tools of the program to stay sober while traveling with work colleagues

Mom gets busy

May 2018
By: Karla L. | Lake Forest Park, Washington
Thanks to her sponsor, she learned that life gets more full, not less, when you get sober

Story Archive: Visiting Rikers

April 2011
A prison commitment yields great rewards for one AA

Caution: Busy life

October 2021 | Cooperation With Professionals (CPC)
By: Anne D. | Fort Myers, Fla.
Work, travel, caretaking...how could she ever get to enough meetings? The answer was just a phone call away

Let Us Turn the Pages With Care and Honesty

July 1949
By: C.R.B. | Crow's Nest

Please God, Help Me to Mind My Own Damn Business

May 1953
By: T. T. | Falmouth, Massachusetts

A Busy Spot in South Africa

April 1960
By: A. S. | Carletonville, Transvaal

One Line That's Never Busy

July 1965
By: K. L. F. | Fredericton
Any time, any place, we can stay "in contact" by means of the "AA network.

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Grapevine Daily Quote November 3, 2018

“I’ve got a brand new feeling, gratitude -- a feeling that has visited me more and more frequently -- sometimes with the rush of cleansing tears -- sometimes with just a serene flow of mental thank-yous for some small, God-given bonus in a routine day.”

“A Rush of Gratitude,” Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1983, Spiritual Awakenings
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Quote November 3, 2016

“I’ve got a brand new feeling, gratitude -- a feeling that has visited me more and more frequently -- sometimes with the rush of cleansing tears -- sometimes with just a serene flow of mental thank-yous for some small, God-given bonus in a routine day.”

Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1983 “A Rush of Gratitude” Spiritual Awakenings
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November 3, 2013

“I’ve got a brand new feeling, gratitude -- a feeling that has visited me more and more frequently -- sometimes with the rush of cleansing tears -- sometimes with just a serene flow of mental thank-yous for some small, God-given bonus in a routine day.”

Minneapolis, Minn., April 1983 “A Rush of Gratitude,” Spiritual Awakenings
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Grapevine Daily Quote November 2

“I’ve got a brand new feeling, gratitude -- a feeling that has visited me more and more frequently -- sometimes with the rush of cleansing tears -- sometimes with just a serene flow of mental thank-yous for some small, God-given bonus in a routine day.”

“A Rush of Gratitude,” Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1983, Spiritual Awakenings
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Grapevine Daily Quote November 1

“I’ve got a brand new feeling, gratitude -- a feeling that has visited me more and more frequently -- sometimes with the rush of cleansing tears -- sometimes with just a serene flow of mental thank-yous for some small, God-given bonus in a routine day.”

“A Rush of Gratitude,” Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1983, Spiritual Awakenings
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Grapevine Daily Quote October 24

“Well-remembered is the comfort I used to take from an exaggerated belief in my own honesty ... I was so absurdly proud of my business standards that I never failed to whip up a fine contempt for those of my fellow Wall-Streeters who were prone to short-change their customers. This was arrogant enough, but the ensuing self-deception proved even worse. My prized business honesty was presently converted into a comfortable cloak under which I could hide the many serious flaws that beset other departments of my life. Being certain of this one virtue, it was easy to conclude that I had them all. For years on end, this prevented me from taking a good look at myself.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., August 1961, “This Matter of Honesty,”, The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote October 23

“Well-remembered is the comfort I used to take from an exaggerated belief in my own honesty ... I was so absurdly proud of my business standards that I never failed to whip up a fine contempt for those of my fellow Wall-Streeters who were prone to short-change their customers. This was arrogant enough, but the ensuing self-deception proved even worse. My prized business honesty was presently converted into a comfortable cloak under which I could hide the many serious flaws that beset other departments of my life. Being certain of this one virtue, it was easy to conclude that I had them all. For years on end, this prevented me from taking a good look at myself.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., August 1961, “This Matter of Honesty,” The Language of the Heart
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Quote March 28 2016

“I was so busy juggling the regrets of the past with the expectations of tomorrow I had no time for living in the present.”

Atlanta, Ga., August 2001 From: “How Is My Now?” Beginner’s Book
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Quote March 28, 2013

“I was so busy juggling the regrets of the past with the expectations of tomorrow I had no time for living in the present.”

Atlanta, Ga., August 2001 From: “How Is My Now?” Beginner’s Book
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Grapevine Daily Quote March 27

“I was so busy juggling the regrets of the past with the expectations of tomorrow I had no time for living in the present.”

Atlanta, Ga., August 2001, From: “How Is My Now?”, Beginner’s Book
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Grapevine Daily Quote March 26

“I was so busy juggling the regrets of the past with the expectations of tomorrow I had no time for living in the present.”

Atlanta, Ga., August 2001, From: “How Is My Now?”, Beginner’s Book
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Grapevine Daily Quote July 17

“Though my sobriety had come easy, the growing up business hadn’t. Both emotional and spiritual growth have always been mighty difficult for me.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., September 1957, “The Clergy”, The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote July 16

“Though my sobriety had come easy, the growing up business hadn’t. Both emotional and spiritual growth have always been mighty difficult for me.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., September 1957, “The Clergy”, The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote May 4

“My sponsor taught me how to be of service with grace and gratitude. She taught me how to listen, how to be respectful, and most importantly, to mind my own business.”

“Stitch and Giggle,” Palm Springs, California, May 2012, AA Grapevine
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Grapevine Daily Quote May 3

“My sponsor taught me how to be of service with grace and gratitude. She taught me how to listen, how to be respectful, and most importantly, to mind my own business.”

“Stitch and Giggle,” Palm Springs, California, May 2012, AA Grapevine
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