Quotes from The Grapevine.
“If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent unhealthy demand. Let us, with God’s help, continually surrender these hobbling liabilities.” AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1958, “The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety”, The Language of the Heart Copyright © The…
“I never thought that a day like today would be a high point of my life. All that excitement that I used to crave and strive for was not there. I don’t have to live on the edge anymore. And tonight as I lay my head on my pillow I can’t think of one single…
“The first 100 members of this Fellowship, who hammered out the Twelve Steps, knew what they were doing. They could have made it two steps or ten steps or twenty-five steps, but they didn’t. I don’t think they put anything in they didn’t think they needed. They were working the whole program, not because they…
“My miracle occurred when I became willing to go to any lengths to take action. Like the trapeze artist, it wasn’t the knowledge of it being there — it was the action of letting go.” Lexington, Kentucky, April 2002. “God, the Verb,” Spiritual Awakenings Copyright © The AA Grapevine, Inc. Reprinted with permission. All rights…
“We are beginning to see new values in AA. We perceive in our midst a spiritual realm, which can be little disturbed by the distractions of wealth or self-serving egocentricity.” AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1947, “Why Can’t We Join AA, Too?”, The Language of the Heart Copyright © The AA Grapevine, Inc. Reprinted with…
“There was no use in my wondering why or when I became an alcoholic for the very simple reason that it wouldn’t change my condition; even if I did find the answer, I would still be an alcoholic.” Toronto, Ontario, November 1952, “I Had Lost the War!”, Step By Step Copyright © The AA Grapevine,…
“For thousands of alcoholics yet to come, AA does have an answer. But there is one condition. We must, at all costs, preserve our essential unity; it must be made unbreakably secure. Without permanent unity there can be little lasting recovery for anyone. Hence our future depends upon the creation and observance of a sound…
“God never gives me more than I can handle, but sometimes he takes me right to the edge.” “Right to the Edge,” Taft, California, April 2006, Step By Step Copyright © The AA Grapevine, Inc. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. To subscribe to AA Grapevine, please visit https://www.aagrapevine.org
“In early sobriety, I remember moaning to another member about how I didn’t have a relationship, I didn’t have a new car, and I didn’t have a flashy job. He replied: ‘It takes a steady hand to hold a full cup.’” “The Cup of Life,” Canberra, Australia, February 2003, In Our Own Words Copyright ©…
“I am not automatically entitled to succeed in everything, or, indeed, in anything. I am, thank God and AA, no longer a superior individual, but simply a sober individual. My Higher Power and I can take it from there, working together that I may do the best I am able to do and realize what…
“AA is not an ‘insiders’ kind of Fellowship, thanks to the efforts of hundreds of thousands of AAs worldwide. We’ll help any drunk anywhere, any time.” Longview, Washington, March 1987, “Rule 62,” AA Grapevine Copyright © The AA Grapevine, Inc. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. To subscribe to AA Grapevine, please visit https://www.aagrapevine.org
“I am more a woman of action than a woman in reaction, and hope is more present in my life than insecurity … As much as I was thirsty for alcohol, today I am thirsty for knowledge.” Montreal, Quebec, July 1986, “Thirsty for Life,” Sober and Out
“How life looks to me depends on how I look at it. While this sounds simple, just like everything else in Alcoholics Anonymous, it requires continual practice in order to get good at it. I get better at it as each year passes. I am grateful that Alcoholics Anonymous is teaching me how to see…
“In AA, we slowly learn to stop stewing in our own juice and to start loving other people.” Tucson, Arizona, August 1971, “Eleventh Step,” The Best of the Grapevine, Volume 2 Copyright © The AA Grapevine, Inc. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved. To subscribe to AA Grapevine, please visit https://www.aagrapevine.org
“I spent the first thirty years making a mess of the life I was given, the next thirty trying to figure out this simple program, and now I can try in the last thirty to loosen up, let life happen, and try to have a little fun.” White Rock, British Columbia, May 2005, “Life —…
“My understanding of a Higher Power is still subject to shifts. Sometimes, I think of it as The Unknowable, or as The Great What Is. Often, I envision it as an indifferent force, something like an electrical current, that is available to all living things and from which human beings can derive strength and generosity…
“As by some deep instinct, we AAs have known from the very beginning that we must never, no matter what the provocation, publicly take sides in any fight, even a worthy one.” AA Co-Founder, Bill W., February 1953, “Tradition Ten”, The Language of the Heart Copyright © The AA Grapevine, Inc. Reprinted with permission. All…
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