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Looking for Peace

April 2016

For years and years he searched for the one thing he finally found in AA

. . . Thank You for Your Lives

May 1983

By: R. G. | Fort Knox, Kentucky

Requiem for a Resentment

July 1997

By: Mel B. | Toledo, Ohio

Thanks for the call

August 2018

By: Kristina F. | Tesuque, New Mexico

All alone and far from home, she really needed a meeting. Luckily, AA has special workers

Searching for a Higher Power

November 1994

By: Jim W. | Santa Rosa, California

Waiting for the Wrecker

December 1986

By: M. R. | Alturas, California

Equation for Insanity

September 1989

By: Anna A. | Goulais River, Ontario

Script for a Sobriety Commercial

January 1975

By: J. G. T. | Negaunee, Michigan

Let's switch on our private TV and look inside our heads, where good-guy and bad-guy qualities fight it out

Waiting for the Will of God

February 1966

By: B. P. | St. John's

. . .God as we understand Him

Help for the Revolving Door Drunk

September 1964

By: G. Randell Whitmeyer

Slogan for Serenity

February 1956

By: I. M. G. | Rochester, New York

Same Problem for All

September 1945

By: A. T. | Manhattan

Hospitalization in Akron Model for A.A.

February 1945

By: Dick S. | Cleveland Heights, Ohio

All in for ITALYPAA!

September 2023 | Young & Sober

By: A collective of young AAs | Treviso

Young Italian AAs share the joy of getting together and making a conference happen

But Will It Work For Me?

April 2007

By: Anonymous | Bellingham, Washington

After the thrill is gone

Same Problem for All

September 1945

By: A. T. | Manhattan

Hospitalization in Akron Model for A.A.

February 1945

By: Dick S. | Cleveland Heights, Ohio

All in for ITALYPAA!

September 2023 | Young & Sober

By: A collective of young AAs | Treviso

Young Italian AAs share the joy of getting together and making a conference happen

But Will It Work For Me?

April 2007

By: Anonymous | Bellingham, Washington

After the thrill is gone

Blueprint for Tomorrow

May 1993

By: George C.

Online Gang Hits The Road

October 2025 | AA & Technology

By: Chris S. | Bridgehampton, New York

After months of sharing with each other on computers, this bunch decided to go live

A Healthy Appetite for Beer

October 1996

By: Dave G. | Edenvale, Gauteng

SOUTH AFRICA

A Sign for Our Times

December 2005

By: Ken C. | Wilmington, North Carolina

A CPC/PI Officer gets creative

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

March 1945

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

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

Exactly Where I’m Supposed To Be

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives

By: Joe M. | Franklin, Tenn.

One AA finds God in an unexpected discovery at work

Taking Calls for AA

September 2019 | Young & Sober

By: John S. | Kansas City, Mo.

Being on “the firing line” of service—and loving every minute of it

Along for the Ride

August 1986

By: R. F. | Tucson, Arizona

Grapevine Daily Quote January 8, 2019

“If it were not for the ‘we’ of AA, there would be no ‘I.’”

“Tradition One,”  New York, New York, November 1969, Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1

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Grapevine Daily Quote November 7, 2019

“I may be a Loner but I am never alone spiritually. For this, I am deeply grateful.”

Jakarta, Indonesia, October 1960, “The Only AA Member Writes From Indonesia,”, AA Around the World

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Grapevine Daily Quote November 11, 2018

“We can’t grow without giving ourselves space for silence and the voice within.”

“Oh God, You Again?” Greenwich Village, New York, December 1997, I Am Responsible: The Hand of AA

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Grapevine Daily Quote April 8, 2019

“If it were not for the ‘we’ of AA, there would be no ‘I.’”

“Tradition One,”  New York, New York, November 1969, Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1

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Daily Quote January 8 2014

“If it were not for the ‘we’ of AA, there would be no ‘I.’”

New York, N.Y., November 1969 “Tradition One,” Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1

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Quote February 21, 2015

“Not drinking is the first requirement for joy; the second requirement is gratitude.”

Lombard, Ill., February 1995“The Most Beautiful Word in the English Language,”In Our Own Words

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Grapevine Daily Quote August 28, 2018

“Not drinking is the first requirement for joy; the second requirement is gratitude.”

“The Most Beautiful Word in the English Language,” Lombard, Ill., Feb. 1995, In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery

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Quote January 8, 2017

“If it were not for the ‘we’ of AA, there would be no ‘I.’”

New York, N.Y., November 1969 “Tradition One,” Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1

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Quote November 11, 2016

“We can’t grow without giving ourselves space for silence and the voice within.”

Greenwich Village, New York, December 1997 “Oh God, You Again?” I Am Responsible: The Hand of AA

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Quote December 10, 2015

"Happiness is a by-product – the extra dividend of giving without any demand for a return."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1958 "The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety" The Language of the Heart

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Quote August 18, 2016

“There is among us AAs the ever present need for further spiritual growth.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1960 “Let’s Keep it Simple – But How?” The Language of the Heart

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Quote June 19, 2015

"Not drinking is the first requirement for joy; the second requirement is gratitude."

Lombard, Ill., February 1995 "The Most Beautiful Word in the English Language," In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery

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Quote August 18, 2015

"There is among us AAs the ever present need for further spiritual growth."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1960    "Let's Keep it Simple – But How?"    The Language of the Heart

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Quote November 7, 2014

“I may be a Loner but I am never alone spiritually. For this, I am deeply grateful.”

Jakarta, Indonesia, October 1960 “The Only AA Member Writes From Indonesia,” AA Around the World

Grapevine Daily Quote November 7, 2017

“I may be a Loner but I am never alone spiritually. For this, I am deeply grateful.”

Jakarta, Indonesia, October 1960“The Only AA Member Writes From Indonesia,”AA Around the World

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