Category Archives: Perseverance

Valentine’s Day – Language Of Letting Go February 14th

For children, Valentine’s Day means candy hearts, silly cards, and excitement in the air.How different Valentine’s Day can be for us as adults. The Love Day can be a symbol that we have not yet gotten love to work for us as we would like. Or it can be a symbol of something different, somethingContinue reading “Valentine’s Day – Language Of Letting Go February 14th”

Life’s Purpose – Touchstone December 17th

The purpose of man’s life is not happiness but worthiness. –Felix Adler When we pursue happiness as a goal for its own sake, we usually reach the opposite point of emptiness. Feeling happy is a by-product of other life experiences. Happiness comes and goes. We welcome it but cannot capture and hold it, nor canContinue reading “Life’s Purpose – Touchstone December 17th”

Slips And Human Nature – Grapevine Article January 1947 By Dr. William Silkworth Author Of ‘The Doctor’s Opinion’ In The Big Book

Dr. Silkworth, Physician-in-Chief of the Charles B. Towns Hospital, he is counted among the founders of AA. In his lifetime he treated some 40,000 alcoholics. The mystery of slips is not so deep as it may appear. While it does seem odd that an alcoholic, who has restored himself to a dignified place among hisContinue reading “Slips And Human Nature – Grapevine Article January 1947 By Dr. William Silkworth Author Of ‘The Doctor’s Opinion’ In The Big Book”

Welcome Criticism – As Bill Sees It #326

Thanks much for your letter of criticism. I’m certain that had it not been for its strong critics, A.A. would have made slower progress. For myself, I have come to set a high value on the people who have criticized me, whether they have seemed reasonable critics or unreasonable ones. Both have often restrained meContinue reading “Welcome Criticism – As Bill Sees It #326”

With Courage – Grapevine Article April 1991 By Ed H.

Step Four I remember feeling afraid as a kid and thinking that I was a coward–that the mere presence of fear in my life made me a coward. I did not know that one of the definitions of courage was the ability to do the right thing in spite of fear. One particular word inContinue reading “With Courage – Grapevine Article April 1991 By Ed H.”

How Are We Doing ? – Grapevine Daily Quote September 12th , 2023

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.” AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1965, Grapevine Article “Responsibility Is Our Theme”

Eliminating Self-Pity – Living Sober Chapter 22

This emotion is so ugly that no one in his or her right mind wants to admit feeling it. Even when sober, many of us remain clever at hiding from ourselves the fact that we are astew in a mess of self-pity. We do not like at all being told that it shows, and weContinue reading “Eliminating Self-Pity – Living Sober Chapter 22”

‘The Keys Of The Kingdom’ Concluding Paragraphs Big Book pages 275-276

AA is not a plan for recovery that can be finished and done with. It is a way of life, and the challenge contained in its principles is great enough to keep any human being striving for as long as he lives. We do not, cannot, outgrow this plan. As arrested alcoholics, we must haveContinue reading “‘The Keys Of The Kingdom’ Concluding Paragraphs Big Book pages 275-276”

An Unexpected Shot At Life – Grapevine Article July 1992 By Bob P.

“I hereby sentence you to six years in the custody of the Department of Corrections,” said the judge on the morning of my 108th day of sobriety. Those 108 days were what made it possible for me to show up in the courtroom that morning, knowing I’d be sitting in a cell that night. WithoutContinue reading “An Unexpected Shot At Life – Grapevine Article July 1992 By Bob P.”

Being Restored – Grapevine Article by Theresa C.

Even when faced with life’s most difficult challenges, she was able to stay sober Thank God I was born into an alcoholic family. I say this because one man’s disease helped my grandmother, mother, brother, sister, and I to hop into the Alanon/Alateen wagon together. Years later, several of us also took that painful plungeContinue reading “Being Restored – Grapevine Article by Theresa C.”