Grapevine Daily Quote August 11
“We began to see adversity as a God-given opportunity to develop the kind of courage which is born of humility, rather than bravado. Thus we were enabled to accept ourselves, our circumstances, and our fellows.”
AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1962, “This Matter of Fear”, Best of Bill
Grapevine Daily Quote August 12
“I no longer always have to be right.”
“An Unexpected Shot at Life,” Palmdale, California, July 1992, AA Grapevine
Grapevine Daily Quote December 30, 2019
“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.”
Temple, Texas, October 1990, “The Man I’ve Always Wanted to Be,”, Emotional Sobriety
Grapevine Daily Quote December 31, 2019
“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.”
Brick Town, New Jersey, January 1977, “Because One Man Was Lonely,”, AA Grapevine