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The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks

January 2015
The original article that appeared following the death of Dr. William Duncan Silkworth in 1951

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

September 2002
By: Jake W. | Rogers, Arkansas

Let Go & Let God

November 1982
By: M. B.
The anxieties that accompany problems besides drinking often respond to handling the AA way - From the November 1964 Grapevine

3-11 for the Skeptic

January 1959
By: P. B. | Laconia, New Hampshire

The Little Doctor Who Loved Drunks

May 1951
Dr. William Duncan Silkworth 1873 - 1951

Nice Jewish Girls Don't Go to Prison

July 2002
By: Sherri B. | Houston, Texas
Unless they find out, as this woman did, that they are also alcoholics who've gotten into trouble

Through the Looking Glass

August 1957
By: J. P. L. | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Portions of a talk made last April at the Chicago Annual Meeting of the National Council on Alcoholism. The author, John P. L., recently joined the General Service Board of AA as an alcoholic Trustee.

Grapevine Daily Quote March 27, 2019

“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961, “Humility for Today”, The Best of Bill
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Quote March 27 2014

“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961 “Humility for Today” The Best of Bill
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“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961 “Humility for Today” The Best of Bill
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Grapevine Daily Quote March 26

“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961, “Humility for Today”, The Best of Bill
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Grapevine Daily Quote March 25

“When we early AAs got our first glimmer of how spiritually prideful we could be, we coined this expression: ‘Don’t try to get too damned good by Thursday!’”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., June 1961, “Humility for Today”, The Best of Bill
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One Long Crazy Ride

june 2026 | Young & Sober
By: Allie A. | Woodland, California
Four years of hell convinced her she wasn’t going to make it to 20. Luckily, AA changed all that

Hitting Bottom

January 2026 | Stories for Day Counters
Drunk in a lonely hotel room in 1967, he had a miraculous moment he hopes to never forget

Let there Be Light

November 2025 | Early days of AA
By: Elsie T. | Cincinnati, Ohio
An Ohio member expresses her love of our braille literature in a 1957 Grapevine article

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I Used AA to Get Out of Trouble

April 1984
By: D. | Arkansas

The Ever-present Now

September 1983
By: S. M. | Joliet, Illinois
Working the Steps

I Never Noticed the Rainbows

August 1983
By: S. S. | Kailua, Hawaii
A tough job decision showed her that changes bring opportunities

Will or Will Not

May 1983
By: P. A. | Excelsior, Minnesota
It is when we try to make our will conform with God's that we begin to use it rightly.

Staying Away From One Defect One Day at a Time

March 1983
By: P. B. | Burnsville, Minnesota

Service Fanatic?

August 1981
By: E. O. | Minneapolis, Minnesota
Young people's conferences helped him find new meaning in the program

The Distance Made Good

March 1981
By: H. F. | Reno, Nevada
How far we came from where we were

Their Perfect Gift to Me

January 1981
By: L. T. | McRae, Georgia

To Improve Our Conscious Contact

January 1979
By: N. P. | Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Four words gave her a key to meditation and opened up a whole new understanding of the Eleventh Step

Louie the Limp

February 1978
By: C. R. | Danbury, Connecticut
A lesson from the animal world in how to overcome handicaps

AA Meeting. . .in a Bar?

September 1976
By: S. H. | Thousand Oaks, California
Even the active drinkers enjoyed this special Mother's Day program

Happy Sobriety

September 1976
By: L. H. | Gatesville, Ohio
Does it come from frantic activity, or letting go of responsibilities?

Inner Story

August 1975
By: P. M. | Greenwich, Connecticut
The ravages of alcoholism cannot be measured in pints or quarts

A Plea of 'Not Guilty'

August 1974
By: Tim S. | Manhattan, New York
Arguing the case for a "no fault" verdict on past insanities

One Doctor--an AA--TO Another

November 1973
By: A. S. T., MD | Seminole, Texas
This letter was published by special permission of Dr. A. S. T. It was written to a doctor in Abilene, Tex., in response to his inquiry concerning the approach to and the treatment of two alcoholic patients under his care. - From the July 1947 Grapevine

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