Grapevine Daily Quote March 1
“Today I have a clearer perspective on what my role as a sponsor is and isn’t. It is to stay sober, be available to listen, share my thoughts, pray for others, and let them live their own lives. It is not to ‘fix’ anyone, get them sober, make them happy, demand they conform, or make their decisions.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 2
“Two or three years ago the Central Office asked the groups to list their membership rules and send them in. After they arrived we set them all down. They took a great many sheets of paper. A little reflection upon these many rules brought us to an astonishing conclusion. If all of these edicts had been in force everywhere at once, it would have been practically impossible for any alcoholic to have ever joined Alcoholics Anonymous.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 3
“I like to say that AA is a program you can use to learn to follow the will of your higher self.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 4
“Today, the two most important things in recovery for me are willingness and action ... Today, I have a smile that I can offer other alcoholics.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 5
“AA isn’t for the people who need it or for the people who want it; it’s for the people who are willing to do the work to get it.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 6
“Those who slip, those who panhandle, those who scandalize, those with mental twists, those who rebel at the program, those who trade on the AA reputation – all such persons seldom harm an AA group for long ... They oblige us to cultivate patience, tolerance, and humility.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 7
“We have grown from two people to two million ... We must be doing something right.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 8
“I remember asking my sponsor, ‘When do I start the Steps?’ He replied, ‘When do you want to get well?’”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 9
“Few victims of this illness can expect sobriety without a major change in most aspects of living.”
Grapevine Daily Quote June 3
"When I begin to look where the answer really is -- inside of me -- I get a sense of 'rightness' when I speak or hear the truth. Step Six helps me develop a sense of intuition that I can truly count on."
Grapevine Daily Quote June 4
“I pray for the willingness to listen carefully to everyone I encounter, for some may have the words I need to hear.”
Grapevine Daily Quote June 5
“When faith has entered the front door of our hearts, fear goes out the back.”
Grapevine Daily Quote June 6
“The place to start in achieving an informed group conscience is with myself.”
Grapevine Daily Quote June 7
“My energy is now my own. I don’t have to spend it on being angry and negative ... There’s no longer that terrible rush to judgment”
Grapevine Daily Quote June 8
“I have a feeling that if I ever find myself in Heaven, it will be from backing away from Hell.”
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Grapevine Daily Quote December 29
“As I see it, the ever-growing, multiplying, and compounding miracle of AA is that because one man was lonely, afraid, and sick in a strange city, I need never be alone again in a strange city.”
Grapevine Daily Quote December 27
“The roads to recovery are many .... AA has no monopoly on reviving alcoholics.”
Grapevine Daily Quote December 30
“Today I have a clearer perspective on what my role as a sponsor is and isn’t. It is to stay sober, be available to listen, share my thoughts, pray for others, and let them live their own lives. It is not to ‘fix’ anyone, get them sober, make them happy, demand they conform, or make their decisions.”
Grapevine Daily Quote December 28
“The first thing my sponsor told me was, ‘I don’t have time to help you stay sick ... but if you want to get better I’d be glad to help.”
Grapevine Daily Quote December 31
“I no longer pray to have my fear removed. Today, I pray that my love grows bigger than my fear and that my humility becomes greater than my shame.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 13
“Facing ourselves ... is often more difficult than being honest with another person.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 10
“I believe that a man’s value to himself is the sum total of his positive reaction to the little things in life.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 12
“Truth ... cut the shackles that once bound us to alcohol. It continues to release us from conflicts and miseries beyond reckoning; it banishes fear and isolation.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 11
“As faith grows, so does inner security.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 14
“Just how and when we tell the truth – or keep silent – can often reveal the difference between genuine integrity and none at all.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 15
“It is very difficult to steer a parked car and make much progress toward any destination ... In short, I had to be going somewhere before I could be guided.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 17
“Following a spiritual path has become increasingly essential to me. Contrary to my fear that taking Step Three would condemn me to a life of brave self-sacrifice, I find instead that it frees me to think and act as my truest self.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 20
“Regardless of worldly success or failure, regardless of pain or joy, regardless of sickness or health or even of death itself, a new life of endless possibilities can be lived if we are willing to continue our awakening, through the practice of AA’s Twelve Steps.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 21
“There is no you or me or them. Everything is connected and the salvation of each of us is linked to the salvation of all of us.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 18
“I had been living too much alone, too much aloof from my fellows, and too deaf to that voice within.”