Grapevine Daily Quote January 2, 2019
“Let it never be said that the spiritual way is a cowardly or escapist approach to life. On the contrary, it requires maximum diligence and persistence to seek divine guidance when all the evidence of our eyes and ears tries to tell us that life is largely physical, intellectual and emotional.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 3, 2019
“I used to think that having a pint was the only way to have fun; now I know that, for me, it's the only way to destroy the fun that I'm having!”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 4, 2019
“As I trudge the Road of Happy Destiny, AA holds my left hand, God holds my right, and I have no hands left to pick up a drink.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 5, 2019
“I learned ... that I was a sick man emotionally and physically. As every AA today knows, this knowledge can be an enormous relief. I no longer needed to consider myself essentially a fool or a weakling.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 6, 2019
“The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 7, 2019
“Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA’s Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism.”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 8, 2019
“If it were not for the ‘we’ of AA, there would be no ‘I.’”
Grapevine Daily Quote January 9, 2019
“By revealing our secrets and thereby ridding ourselves of guilt we can actually change our thinking and by altering our thinking we can change ourselves. What we will be tomorrow is determined by what we think today.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 1, 2019
“I had been introverted and tense. I had been blocked by a fat ego that made sharing impossible, by a lack of communication, by a fear of love. The Fifth Step swept away all those barricades. With some humility, I could begin to find joy in the simple delights of life.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 2, 2019
“God has given me this day to use as I wish; Alcoholics Anonymous shows me how to live it without a drink.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 3, 2019
"“Today, we enjoy a Fellowship which owes its ever-increasing membership of recovering alcoholics (unprecedented in human history) to the well-wishers and combined efforts of many outside agencies and services, as well as many professionals. To these folks, we surely owe a debt of gratitude.
“Yet, the heart of AA remains the same, thank God, when one alcoholic reaches out to another, and we find that we can do together what none of us could do alone.”"
Grapevine Daily Quote May 4, 2019
“They say love heals all, and I am confident the future is bright.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 5, 2019
“My sponsor taught me how to be of service with grace and gratitude. She taught me how to listen, how to be respectful, and most importantly, to mind my own business.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 6, 2019
“It doesn’t matter who or what God is if I can just remember it’s not me!”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 7, 2019
“Everyone’s recipe for serenity is different. It’s like vegetable soup -- nobody makes it quite the same.”
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Grapevine Daily Quote May 1
“The rewards of asking for help – increased humility, connection, and trust – are well worth the effort.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 2
“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 3
“Good things increase in direct proportion to my willingness to become teachable.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 4
“All AA progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 5
“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 6
"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 7
“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 8
“Tomorrow – and all the tomorrows to come – are but extensions of right here, right now.”
Grapevine Daily Quote May 9
“We need to constantly scrutinize ourselves carefully, in order to make everlastingly certain that we shall always be strong enough and single-purposed enough from within, to relate ourselves rightly to the world without.”
Grapevine Daily Quote October 4
“Nothing could be sadder than to lose touch with ourselves in recovery; to have our connection to our Higher Power blocked by resentment; to be governed by old ideas we are only dimly aware of and that hold us back; or to be reduced by our fears to living sequestered from life. For the sunlight of the spirit to enter, the window must be kept clean so the light can pour through.”
Grapevine Daily Quote October 5
“As of this moment I repose serenely on Cloud 9, being thankful in silent meditation. I know the grim realism of this troubled world will bring me sharply back to earth at any moment, but I pray I may make a safe, happy landing.”
Grapevine Daily Quote October 6
“I know what the temptation of fame and money really is ... I was once a breaker of anonymity myself. I thank God that years ago the voice of experience and the urging of wise friends took me out of that perilous path into which I might have led our entire Society.”
Grapevine Daily Quote October 7
“The slogans are simple things ... these AA tranquilizers do not solve our problems, but they can calm us down, remind us of a better way to proceed, and perhaps even put us in a mood to make better decisions.”
Grapevine Daily Quote October 8
“With the clock ticking like it is, I do not have time for anger, resentment, or self-pity. Time is far too precious.”
Grapevine Daily Quote October 9
“One night, in a moment of desperation, I got down on my knees and remembered a prayer an old sponsor had given me. It said, ‘God, help me be of service ... to something or someone...’ I knew intuitively it was the answer.”