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The best fit

January 2021 | Oldtimers!
By: Jane E. | Kings Park, N.Y.
A past delegate asks: How can AA do a better job helping alcoholics and addicts find the help they need?

The best tool

July 2019 | The Prison Issue
By: Justin “Gio” G. | Port St. Lucie, Florida
A member in prison gets to help two newcomers and leaves them with some words that last

The best I can do

September 2018
By: Lucy B. | Swannanoa, North Carolina
A member stays sober through incredible sadness and finds a way to be useful in her grief

The Road Best Traveled

October 2016
Putting down a drink is one thing, finding emotional sobriety quite another, according to this alcoholic, sober now 28 years.

The best son I can be

February 2023 | Making Amends
By: Morgan J. | Annapolis, Md.
With his sponsor’s help, a member learns to make living amends for the next 21 years of his mother’s life

The Best We Could

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
By: Michael S. | Boca Raton, Fla.
After years of resentment, a gay member reunites with his dad, and AA helps heal the pain

My Best Friend

March 2025 | Sober and Out
By: L.G. | Brooklyn, New York
Once alone and full of self-pity, she made a decision to let Step Three introduce her to a partner for life

My Best Day

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: C.N. | Long Beach, Calif.
Flashing lights, a D.U.I. arrest—but his worst day turned into the one that saved his life

MY BEST ALIBI

June 1948

Best Hamburger Ever

July 2021 | The Annual Prison Issue
By: Chuck S. | Saranac Lake, N.Y.
How a much needed meal served up the ingredients for repeated acts of kindness

The Best Me Ever

March 1983
By: C. C. | North Hollywood, California

The Best of My Ability

October 1988
By: Anonymous | Bangkok

The Best Possible Life

December 1996
By: Pat L. | Astoria, Oregon

The Best Mom I Could Be

May 2007
By: Rita T. | Hamilton, Ontario
Under the dictatorship of alcohol

Do It the Best Way

August 1959
By: Pete P. | Oakland, California

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The best fit

January 2021 | Oldtimers!
By: Jane E. | Kings Park, N.Y.
A past delegate asks: How can AA do a better job helping alcoholics and addicts find the help they need?

The best tool

July 2019 | The Prison Issue
By: Justin “Gio” G. | Port St. Lucie, Florida
A member in prison gets to help two newcomers and leaves them with some words that last

The best I can do

September 2018
By: Lucy B. | Swannanoa, North Carolina
A member stays sober through incredible sadness and finds a way to be useful in her grief

The Road Best Traveled

October 2016
Putting down a drink is one thing, finding emotional sobriety quite another, according to this alcoholic, sober now 28 years.

The best son I can be

February 2023 | Making Amends
By: Morgan J. | Annapolis, Md.
With his sponsor’s help, a member learns to make living amends for the next 21 years of his mother’s life

The Best We Could

August 2020 | LGBTQ+
By: Michael S. | Boca Raton, Fla.
After years of resentment, a gay member reunites with his dad, and AA helps heal the pain

My Best Friend

March 2025 | Sober and Out
By: L.G. | Brooklyn, New York
Once alone and full of self-pity, she made a decision to let Step Three introduce her to a partner for life

My Best Day

Web Exclusives | Grapevine Online Exclusives
By: C.N. | Long Beach, Calif.
Flashing lights, a D.U.I. arrest—but his worst day turned into the one that saved his life

MY BEST ALIBI

June 1948

Best Hamburger Ever

July 2021 | The Annual Prison Issue
By: Chuck S. | Saranac Lake, N.Y.
How a much needed meal served up the ingredients for repeated acts of kindness

The Best Me Ever

March 1983
By: C. C. | North Hollywood, California

The Best of My Ability

October 1988
By: Anonymous | Bangkok

The Best Possible Life

December 1996
By: Pat L. | Astoria, Oregon

The Best Mom I Could Be

May 2007
By: Rita T. | Hamilton, Ontario
Under the dictatorship of alcohol

Do It the Best Way

August 1959
By: Pete P. | Oakland, California

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Audio: Her Best Friend Beer

Magazine Issue July 2011 | Topics None

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Quote November 19, 2016

“The best university for me -- the best school, the best teaching -- was in analyzing mistakes that I’d made and problems I created because of these mistakes. Not my successes.”

Warsaw, Poland, October 1996 “A Smiling Man, A Happy Man” AA Around the World
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November 19, 2013

“The best university for me -- the best school, the best teaching -- was in analyzing mistakes that I’d made and problems I created because of these mistakes. Not my successes.”

Warsaw, Poland, October 1996 “A Smiling Man, A Happy Man,” AA Around the World
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Grapevine Daily Quote November 18

“The best university for me -- the best school, the best teaching -- was in analyzing mistakes that I’d made and problems I created because of these mistakes. Not my successes.”

“A Smiling Man, A Happy Man,” Warsaw, Poland, October 1996, AA Around the World
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Grapevine Daily Quote November 17

“The best university for me -- the best school, the best teaching -- was in analyzing mistakes that I’d made and problems I created because of these mistakes. Not my successes.”

“A Smiling Man, A Happy Man,” Warsaw, Poland, October 1996, AA Around the World
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Grapevine Daily Quote January 6

“Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA’s Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., May 1960, “What Is Freedom in AA?”, The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote April 6

“Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA’s Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., May 1960, “What Is Freedom in AA?”, The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote January 5

“Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA’s Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., May 1960, “What Is Freedom in AA?”, The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote October 16

“AA is more than a set of principles; it is a Society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven’t been given the truth will die.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1955, “What Is the Third Legacy?”, The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote October 15

“AA is more than a set of principles; it is a Society of alcoholics in action. We must carry the message, else we ourselves can wither and those who haven’t been given the truth will die.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1955, “What Is the Third Legacy?”, The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote January 10

“We organize our principles merely so that they can be better understood, and we continue so to organize our services that AA’s life-blood can be transfused into those who must otherwise die. That is the all-in-all of AA’s ‘organization.’ There can never be any more than this.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1960, From: “’Let’s Keep It Simple...’ But How?”, The Language of the Heart
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Grapevine Daily Quote January 10

“We organize our principles merely so that they can be better understood, and we continue so to organize our services that AA’s life-blood can be transfused into those who must otherwise die. That is the all-in-all of AA’s ‘organization.’ There can never be any more than this.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1960, From: “’Let’s Keep It Simple...’ But How?”, The Language of the Heart
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Quote August 21, 2014

“It has been difficult for me to accept myself and some of my decisions ... But I’ve done the best I can with the information available, even if it might not be someone else’s best.”

Bennettville, Minnesota, December 1999 “A Tough Pull,” In Our Own Words

Grapevine Daily Quote August 21, 2017

“It has been difficult for me to accept myself and some of my decisions ... But I’ve done the best I can with the information available, even if it might not be someone else’s best.”

Bennettville, Minn., December 1999“A Tough Pull,” In Our Own Words
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Grapevine Daily Quote August 21, 2019

“It has been difficult for me to accept myself and some of my decisions ... But I’ve done the best I can with the information available, even if it might not be someone else’s best.”

“A Tough Pull,” Bennettville, Minnesota, December 1999, In Our Own Words
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Grapevine Daily Quote August 20

“It has been difficult for me to accept myself and some of my decisions ... But I’ve done the best I can with the information available, even if it might not be someone else’s best.”

“A Tough Pull,” Bennettville, Minnesota, December 1999, In Our Own Words
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