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“My willingness to have my defects of character removed was bolstered by the realization that little, if any, spiritual growth was possible as long as I held on to my old ideas and defects.”

“Seventh Step,” Brighton, Colorado, November 1970, Best of the Grapevine, Volume 2

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Grapevine Daily Quote January 3

“At some point in each today, we recovering alcoholics need to pay ourselves a friendly visit.”

“Savoring Our Sobriety,” North Hollywood, California, August 1982, Emotional Sobriety

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Grapevine Daily Quote January 7

“When life is easy, I usually assume it’s God’s way and I’m quite spiritual. But when I’m in emotional trouble, I assume life’s a drag and that God’s gone fishing.”

“Winners and Whiners,” Port Townsend, Washington, October 1994, Emotional Sobriety: The Next Frontier

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Grapevine Daily Quote January 8

“The effort to escape from truth is the father of anxiety.”

“Truth,” Key West, Florida, August 1973, Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1

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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.”

Brick Town, New Jersey, January 1977, “Because One Man Was Lonely,” AA Grapevine

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Grapevine Daily Quote December 27

“The roads to recovery are many .... AA has no monopoly on reviving alcoholics.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., September 1944, “Comments on Wylie Ideas,” The Language of the Heart

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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.”

Berlin, Conn., September 2004, From: “What a Sponsor Is and Is Not”, AA Grapevine

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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.”

Temple, Texas, October 1990, “The Man I’ve Always Wanted to Be,” Emotional Sobriety

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Grapevine Daily Quote January 5

“The group I joined saved my life ... For an hour, I was safe. For an hour, I had a haven among those whose fear had once been as great as my own. I did not give my fear away – they took it. They eased it from my grasp with hugs and laughter, with shared experience.”

“The Scariest Thing,” Carlsbad, California, June 2006, Emotional Sobriety: The Next Frontier

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Grapevine Daily Quote January 4

“I was told when I began my own journey through the Twelve Steps that I could find God in a most unlikely place: standing smack in the middle of the truth about myself.”

“Another human being,” Oceanside, NY, May 2012, AA Grapevine

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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.”

“Firm Bedrock,” May 1999, In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery

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Grapevine Daily Quote January 2

“AA is not a place; it’s an attitude of mind, a warmth of the heart – a spiritual fourth dimension where material things can’t get the upper hand.”

“A New Truth,” Los Angeles, California, May 1966, Thank You for Sharing: Sixty Years of Letters to the AA Grapevine

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