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Dear Grapevine

October 2024 | CPC: Cooperation with the Professional Community

Since 1944

June 2014
An AA Grapevine history timeline

The Party

March 2018
By: Chet R. | Anchorage, Alaska
Newly sober, he was a bit nervous about going to a party where people would be drinking. But his AA friend showed him that, when the chips were down, sobriety is what counted

Doing The Best I Can

Magazine Issue November 2025 | Topics None

The Best Gig in AA

Magazine Issue June 2025 | Topics AA in Prisons

My Best Friend

Magazine Issue March 2025 | Topics Gratitude Service/Into Action Spirituality

Best Holiday Ever

Magazine Issue December 2024 | Topics Fun in Sobriety Holidays

The Best Thanksgiving Ever

Magazine Issue November 2024 | Topics Family Personal Stories

Father knows best

Magazine Issue March 2023 | Topics Serenity Prayer Beginners/Newcomers Homegroup/Meetings

The best son I can be

Magazine Issue February 2023 | Topics Making Amends Family

The best gift of all

Magazine Issue December 2021 | Topics On the Cover Beginners/Newcomers Gratitude Holidays Homegroup/Meetings Service/Into Action

Best Cup Ever

Magazine Issue August 2021 | Topics Family Gratitude Homegroup/Meetings Spirituality

Best Insurance Ever

Magazine Issue August 2021 | Topics COVID-19 Personal Stories Service/Into Action Sponsorship

Best Hamburger Ever

Magazine Issue July 2021 | Topics Emotional Sobriety Personal Stories Spirituality Sponsorship

Making the Best of 2020

Magazine Issue April 2021 | Topics Conferences and Conventions Fun in Sobriety

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Rejuvenated Recovery

June 1997
By: Gene B. | Centralia, Washington

LIFE AND DEATH

October 2010
By: KATHY S. | Maryland
After an AA dies, his right to anonymity continues

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

PO BOX 1980

February 2009
By: Steve C. | Saint John, Indiana
Three years and going

Resources For Family And Friends

February 2006
Help and support for those affected by alcoholism

Real Treasures

June 2014
By: Michael A. | Brentwood, Tennessee
When he got sober, he understood the value of certain experiences

Just four months

March 2009
By: LAURIE M. | Los Angeles, California
While vacationing in the Bahamas, a newcomer reaches a milestone

It’s never too late

July 2022 | The Annual Prison Issue
By: Sandra G. | Highlands, N.J.
At 79, with four years sober, this mom is happier than ever. She got her life back

A Dream is a Promise You Give Yourself

November 2023 | Gratitude
By: Elizabeth P. | New York
Instead of crashing at the gates of alcoholic hell, she got to have cake with her good sober friends

PO Box 1980

September 2001
By: Tom F. | Fort Worth, Texas
A coin in the fountain

The Anecdote Bin

January 1964
Dedicated to the lighter side of our common problem

RESTRAINT OF TONGUE AND MOUSE

June 2008
By: Anonymous
The spirit of AA's anonymity Traditions online

My Name Is Caryl

June 1967
By: Anonymous
An alcoholic's own story

Gold Chip Sobriety?

A member questions the role chips and coins play in the program

Carrying the Message

November 1972
By: R. H. | Yankton, South Dakota
Complete treatment team

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Grapevine Daily Quote November 23

“In this moment, regardless of what happened before or what may happen tomorrow, what is the very best thing I can possibly do, right now?”

Santa Monica, California, May 2007, “A Life Without Problems,”, No Matter What
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Grapevine Daily Quote September 18

“I practice the Twelve Steps of AA every day to the best of my ability. As long as I do that, I will not need to drink, no matter what situation I am faced with.”

“A Powerful Reason for Faith,” Franklin, Massachusetts, May 1982, Spiritual Awakenings
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Grapevine Daily Quote July 20

“Belonging to a group makes life an opportunity for me ... something to encourage the best in me while it helps to keep me humble about the worst in me.”

“The Importance of Group Membership,” Strathroy, Ontario, December 1958, The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA
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Grapevine Daily Quote September 17

“I practice the Twelve Steps of AA every day to the best of my ability. As long as I do that, I will not need to drink, no matter what situation I am faced with.”

“A Powerful Reason for Faith,” Franklin, Massachusetts, May 1982, Spiritual Awakenings
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Grapevine Daily Quote November 22

“In this moment, regardless of what happened before or what may happen tomorrow, what is the very best thing I can possibly do, right now?”

Santa Monica, California, May 2007, “A Life Without Problems,” No Matter What
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Quote October 26, 2015

“Truth is not a bludgeon to be used indiscriminately ... When I am asked for an opinion or advice, I give it to the best of my ability with as much gentleness, understanding, and tolerance as I can scrape up.”

Key West, Fla., August 1973 “Truth” Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
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Quote October 26 2012

"Truth is not a bludgeon to be used indiscriminately ... When I am asked for an opinion or advice, I give it to the best of my ability with as much gentleness, understanding, and tolerance as I can scrape up."

Key West, Fla., August 1973From: "Truth" Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
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Grapevine Daily Quote October 25

“Truth is not a bludgeon to be used indiscriminately ... When I am asked for an opinion or advice, I give it to the best of my ability with as much gentleness, understanding, and tolerance as I can scrape up.”

“Truth,” Key West, Florida, August 1973, Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
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Grapevine Daily Quote October 25

“Truth is not a bludgeon to be used indiscriminately ... When I am asked for an opinion or advice, I give it to the best of my ability with as much gentleness, understanding, and tolerance as I can scrape up.”

“Truth,” Key West, Florida, August 1973, Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
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Grapevine Daily Quote April 28

“Truth is not a bludgeon to be used indiscriminately ... When I am asked for an opinion or advice, I give it to the best of my ability with as much gentleness, understanding, and tolerance as I can scrape up.”

“Truth,” Key West, Florida, August 1973, Best of the Grapevine, Vol. 1
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Grapevine Daily Quote March 10, 2019

“Trial and error produces group experience, and out of corrected experience comes custom. When a customary way of doing things is definitely proved to be best, then that custom forms into AA Tradition.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1948, “Tradition Two”, The Language of the Heart
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Quote March 10 2014

"Trial and error produces group experience, and out of corrected experience comes custom. When a customary way of doing things is definitely proved to be best, then that custom forms into AA Tradition."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1948 "Tradition Two" The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote May 4, 2018

“We shall never be at our best except when we hew only to the primary spiritual aim of AA. That of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers alcoholism.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., April 1948“Tradition Five”, The Language of the Heart
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Quote May 4, 2016

“We shall never be at our best except when we hew only to the primary spiritual aim of AA. That of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers alcoholism.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., April 1948 “Tradition Five” The Language of the Heart
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Quote March 10, 2017

“Trial and error produces group experience, and out of corrected experience comes custom. When a customary way of doing things is definitely proved to be best, then that custom forms into AA Tradition.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1948 “Tradition Two” The Language of the Heart
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