January 7

"Each of us must conform reasonably well to AA's Steps and Traditions, or else we shall go mad or die of alcoholism."

Celebrating The Language of the Heart

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1947

"Traditions Stressed in Memphis Talk
The Language of the Heart

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January 8

"If it were not for the 'we' of AA, there would be no 'I'."

Best of Grapevine Volume 1

New York, NY., November 1969

"Tradition One"
Best of the Grapevine, Volume 1

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January 9

"By revealing our secrets and thereby ridding ourselves of guilt we can actually change our thinking and by altering our thinking we can change ourselves. What we will be tomorrow is determined by what we think today."

Brentwood, N.Y., May 1991

"What We Will Be Tomorrow"
AA Grapevine

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January 11

"The most important thing AA has given me is the chance to get to know someone I never knew -- myself."

Calgary, Alberta, December 1994

"Getting to Know You -- I Mean Me"

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January 12

"Sometimes when I think I am having a bad day, I am really learning a hard lesson, cheap. And sometimes, when I think I am having a good day, I am really in trouble and just haven't recognized it yet. I'm really no judge at all of what kind of day I'm having."

Brentwood, Tenn., April 1991

"Good Days and Bad Days"
AA Grapevine

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January 13

"In relinquishing some goals because of lessened physical energy, I have been freed to achieve other and more satisfying ones that a deeper and more extensive Me has always known it wanted."

Home Group

Saratoga, Calif., August 1985

"Beyond the Generation Gap,"
The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA

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January 14

"The other day, I sent an AA friend on a job interview. He went to the wrong address and he lost the man's name. In another office, he stated his purpose, was offered a job, and came back with one better than the job I sent him to look for."

Wayne, Pa., June 1984

"The Mysterious Ways of the Higher Power"
AA Grapevine

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January 16

"Sponsorship is a bridge to trusting the human race, the very race we once resigned from. In learning to trust, we are strengthening our sobriety."

One On One: AA Sponsorship in Action

Grand Island, Neb., February 1984

"A Means to a Beginning,"
One On One: AA Sponsorship in Action

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January 17

"When things go well, we must never fall into the error of believing that no great ill can befall us. Nor should we accuse ourselves of 'negative thinking' when we insist on facing the destructive forces in and around us, both realistically and effectively. Vigilance will always be the price of survival."

Celebrating The Language of the Heart

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1960

"Freedom Under God: The Choice Is Ours,"
The Language of the Heart

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January 18

"Life is travel -- enjoy the journey, bumpy roads and all."

New York, N.Y., May 1977

"You and I Need Each Other"
AA Grapevine

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January 19

"I am responsible for reporting for duty and making the effort to overcome adversity, and in so doing to overcome myself."

Van Nuys,Calif., November 1966

"Responsibility Is the Name of the Game,"
AA Grapevine

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January 20

"The language of AA is the language of self-discovery, of speculation, of wonder. It has a dual reality: While it describes experience, it also creates experience, and allows each member to grow in the search for personal meaning."

Thornbury, Ontario, August 1984

"The Language of AA"
AA Grapevine

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January 21

"We shall always have to deal with the fearful forces which are released when the human ego runs amok -- the same forces that are shattering the world of our time. Deliver us from temptation must therefore continue to be a prime ingredient of our every attitude, practice, and prayer."

Celebrating The Language of the Heart

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1960

"Freedom Under God: The Choice Is Ours,"
The Language of the Heart

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January 23

"Sincerity of purpose, humility in the knowledge of our own power to help, and confidence in our understanding of our capacities in AA are likely to help in working with others."

Home Group

St. Paul, Minn., December 1945

St. Paul's Four Discussion Groups

The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA

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January 24

"I try to accept reality instead of trying to control it. When I make that adjustment, the struggle ends."

Beginners' Book

El Granada, Calif., March 2003

"How an Atheist Works the Steps,"
Beginners' Book:

Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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January 27

"I didn't need to learn how to meditate before meditating. It turned out to be one of those learn-as-you-go things -- just as learning how to stay sober is part of staying sober a day at a time."

Beginners' Book

Anonymous, November 1991

"Trusting the Silence,"
Beginners' Book:

Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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January 28

"Nothing improves if you drink."

Beginners' Book

El Granada, Calif., March 2003

"How an Atheist Works the Steps,"
Beginners' Book:

Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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January 31

"We well know that our defects, as people and as a Society, have been and still are very great. And we hope that we shall never cease to rededicate ourselves to their correction."

Celebrating The Language of the Heart

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., March 1960

"After Twenty-Five Years"
The Language of the Heart

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February 1

"While I may be powerless to solve the globe's problems, I am given all the power I need to make a difference to my community, my family, my job, my friends, and most importantly, to stay sober and help other alcoholics."

Woodinville, Wash., November 2013

"From: "The Scoop" "
AA Grapevine

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February 3

"Nearly all of us, when we think about it, agree that we are a long, long way from being anywhere near grown up, from almost any point of view. We can clearly see that our job as individuals and as a Fellowship is to keep right on growing by the constant use of our Twelve Steps."

Celebrating The Language of the Heart

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1960
From: "AA Tomorrow"
The Language of the Heart

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February 4

"While I've never been sober today before, I count on my Higher Power to keep me sober as he has done on all those other days before."

Beginners' Book

Huntington, W.V., August 2006
From: "Never Sober Today Before"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA


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February 5

"What matters is what works, not my opinion of what works."

Beginners' Book

November 1991
From: "Trusting the Silence"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA



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February 6

"We of AA can never set any hampering limitation upon the ultimate destiny of ourselves and our Fellowship, nor any whatever upon God's love for us all. Individually and collectively, structurally and spiritually, we shall ever need to build for the future."

Celebrating The Language of the Heart

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1960
From: "AA Tomorrow"
The Language of the Heart

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February 7

"Be willing to be willing to follow directions and you will find your life changing in all areas."

Beginners' Book

Milwaukie, Ore., June 1999
From: "A Lady After All"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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February 8

"If you need a friend who understands, look no further than the rooms of AA and the Big Book. They always hold an answer and some faith for me."

Beginners' Book

Santa Rosa, Calif, October 2006
From: "Imperfect Progress"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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February 9

"The Secret is, there is no Secret! Working the Steps with a sponsor, going to meetings, helping others, and above all, keeping God and sobriety first have kept me sober almost five years now. I always had heard that things in plain sight are the hardest to find!"

Beginners' Book

Vandalia, Ill., February 2001
From: "The Secret"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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February 10

"A vast communications net now covers the earth, even to its remotest reaches ... Nothing can matter more to the future welfare of AA than the manner in which we use this colossus of communication. Used unselfishly and well, the results can surpass our present imagination. Should we handle this great instrument badly, we shall be shattered by the ego demands of our own people -- often with the best of intention on their part."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1960
From: "Freedom Under God: The Choice Is Ours"
The Language of the Heart

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February 11

"From the moment I pulled open the doors to my very first meeting, I felt something different, something good was going to happen. Those doors, which at the time I believed to be the heaviest ever made, allowed me to walk into a new way of life."

Beginners' Book

New York, N.Y., January 2006
From: "Attitude Adjustment"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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February 12

"Clearly, the chief mark of restoration to sanity is our
not taking the first drink."

Step by Step Book

March 1981
From: "Sanity"
Step By Step

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February 14

"With respect to its own affairs, the collective conscience of the group will, given time, almost surely demonstrate its perfect dependability. The group conscience will, in the end, prove a far more infallible guide for group affairs than the decision of any individual member, however good or wise he may be."

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AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1948
From: "Tradition Two"
The Language of the Heart

February 15

"One night after a Step Two meeting, I decided to find out what those courageous early members who put our Twelve Steps together really meant by sanity. I was a little surprised to find that my dictionary defined it as the quality of being sound of mind, sound of judgment, reasonable and rational in one's thoughts ... As I sat there mulling over the definition, an idea occurred to me: 'This is what I'm to be restored to -- sound, reasonable, rational thinking.'"

Step by Step Book

Shenandoah, Iowa, February 1982
From: "Sanity Clause"
Step By Step

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