Grapevine Daily Quote June 9
“After telling Dr. Bob my story, I explained how truly I needed him. Would he allow me to help him, I might remain sober myself. The seed that was to flower as AA began to grow toward the light.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 3
“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.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 4
“Good things increase in direct proportion to my willingness to become teachable.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 5
“All AA progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 6
“It is our experience as alcoholics that makes us of unique value ... We can approach sufferers as no one else can.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 7
"Only mutual trust can be the foundation for great love -- each of us for the other, and all of us for God.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 8
“It’s not the wonderful people I’ve met from throughout these great lands who have helped keep me sober most of the time, but those wonderful people sitting around the table in my hometown who loved me when I could not love, who waited for me to quit lying, who tolerated me when I would be part of nothing, and who never asked me to leave when I was obnoxious. Because of their love and patience, I was able to get outside of myself and make some sort of commitment to the group.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 9
“Tomorrow – and all the tomorrows to come – are but extensions of right here, right now.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 1
“I cannot adequately describe how light I feel since I took the Fifth Step, and how soundly I sleep.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 2
“The rewards of asking for help – increased humility, connection, and trust – are well worth the effort.”
Grapevine Daily Quote August 1
“Spirituality is not based on logic, it is faith-driven. Faith makes the impossible possible.”
Grapevine Daily Quote August 2
“I think my Higher Power stepped in and started leading me out of the alcoholic life, as I seemed incapable of doing it on my own.”
Grapevine Daily Quote August 3
“We are privileged to communicate with each other to a degree and in a manner not very often surpassed among our nonalcoholic friends in the world around us.”
Grapevine Daily Quote August 4
“Nobody argued about whose Higher Power was higher.”
Grapevine Daily Quote August 5
“Forgiveness seems to depend more on the love of the one who does the forgiving than on the lovability of the one being forgiven.”
Stronger & Brighter
Rolling to Acceptance
Lights Out
The Deep End
Step Three: From Sight To Insight
Two Voices: One Story the Dad
A Matter of Pride
Recovering From Fear and Resentment
Stop the Presses!
Meetings, Meetings, Meetings?
Magic Without Tricks
Grapevine Daily Quote January 19
“Humility is a personal achievement, it cannot be given away. It comes in glimmers and grows like an ice crystal. It is fragile, too, thus requiring constant care and protection.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 28
“AA may or may not get me to heaven, but it surely got me out of hell.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 29
“I’m usually about eighty percent of the problem – well, maybe sixty percent, but the major part, you can bet on that. If I can leave out the largest percent (me), there is hardly any problem at all!”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 30
“The experience of reality does not have to be postponed.”
Grapevine Daily Quote February 28
“Humility is the soil in which all other virtues grow.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 13
“Are you finally ready to let go and live your destiny?”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 12
“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 11
“The amount of reality I turn my back on is the amount I lose.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 10
“I am glad for everything that has happened to me. I have found a way of life that I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 14
“Whenever things get hard, or I don’t want to follow through with a suggestion, I simply humble myself to my Higher Power and say, ‘Just for today.’ That helps me live in the moment.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 15
“The number one way to relieve pain is to forgive.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 16
“Without much doubt, a million alcoholics have approached AA during the last thirty years. We can soberly ask ourselves what became of the 600,000 who did not stay.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 17
“I’m learning to smile and laugh again, and I’ve even gotten back some of my self respect ... I still have problems, but AA has taught me how to handle them and not to run from them.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 18
“Vision is ... the very essence of prudence.”
Grapevine Daily Quote March 23
“The ego of the alcoholic dies a hard death ... fitting and wearing halos is not for us.”