Author Archives: wpadmin

  June 24, 2024 “Before we can be of any use to anybody else, we must find the beginnings of the answer for ourselves.” Rev. Samuel M. Shoemaker, Friend of… Read More »

  June 23, 2024 “Our mistakes of yesterday can be stepping stones for tomorrow if we do something about them today.”  “Patience Helps,” New York, New York, September 1947, AA… Read More »

  June 22, 2024 “Older AAs who know the record are unanimous in their feeling that an intelligence greater than ours has surely been at work, else we could never… Read More »

  June 21, 2024 “I am still amazed at the aura around AA meetings … No matter what our immediate problems, fears, or resentments, we come to a halt when… Read More »

  June 20, 2024 “Sound policy can only be made by rubbing the conservatives and the promoters together. Their discussions, if free from personal ambitions and resentment, can be depended… Read More »

  June 19, 2024 ‘Imperfection offers me the freedom of a million potentials.” “The Impossible Dream,” Islamadora, Florida, November 1971, Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1   June 1944 –… Read More »

  June 18, 2024 “When we reach a maximum in understanding, we know how very much we shall never understand.” “My Ideal Group,” Ashland, Ohio, November 1962, The Home Group:… Read More »

  June 17, 2024 “The ability to laugh at ourselves is an intrinsic part of the healing process.” “People Make the Program,” Marcy, New York, December 1992, The Home Group:… Read More »

  June 16, 2024 “As I peel away the layers of day-to-day expediency, I realize that my zigzag, erratic, and inconsistent course was in the general direction of progress all… Read More »

  June 15, 2024 “We have to keep looking for something better than dullness, better than average living, better than mediocre spirituality.” “The Threat of the Twelve Steps,” Vermont, October… Read More »