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January 2 "Let it never be said that the spiritual way is a cowardly or escapist approach to life. On the contrary, it requires maximum diligence and persistence to seek divine guidance when all the evidence of our eyes and ears tries to tell us that life is largely physical, intellectual and emotional." Jackson, Mississippi, November 1964 "Let Go and Let God," AA Grapevine http://www.animated-gifs.eu/holidays...eetings/58.gif |
January 3 "I used to think that having a pint was the only way to have fun; now I know that, for me, it's the only way to destroy the fun that I'm having!" Toronto, Ontario, August 2003 "Front Row on Fun" AA Grapevine http://www.animated-gifs.eu/mammals-squirrels/0047.gif |
January 4 "As I trudge the Road of Happy Destiny, AA holds my left hand, God holds my right, and I have no hands left to pick up a drink." Albuquerque, N.M., January 2002 "Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?" AA GrapevineA http://www.animated-gifs.eu/mammals-bears-11/0004.gif |
January 5 "I learned ... that I was a sick man emotionally and physically. As every AA today knows, this knowledge can be an enormous relief. I no longer needed to consider myself essentially a fool or a weakling." Celebrating The Language of the Heart AA Co-Founder, Bill W., July 1960 "The Language of the Heart" The Language of the Heart https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...b93gPS_juRR5hQ |
January 6 "The word powerless ... described my situation with alcohol perfectly and completely. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal." Step by Step Book Gainesville, Florida, September 1994 "Gateway to Freedom," Step by Step http://www.animated-gifs.eu/mammals-elephants/0231.gif |
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 http://www.animated-gifs.eu/mammals-...tures/0151.gif |
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 http://www.animated-gifs.eu/mammals-...owers/0029.gif |
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 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...qq2p71NqPk3SpA |
January 10 "The AA message does not carry itself; somebody must carry it." Jackson, Miss., November 1964 "Let Go and Let God," AA Grapevine https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...Wb-t_g2dyGNaAg |
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" https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...BT2PSRRNHio_WA |
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 http://www.animated-gifs.eu/mammals-foxes/0051.gif |
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 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...pHbWTRlCSka-jL |
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 http://www.animated-gifs.eu/phone-24...flies/0284.gif |
January 15 "We are called to unity, not uniformity." Oak Harbor, Wash., January 1984 "The Harmony of Service" AA Grapevine http://www.animated-gifs.eu/mammals-wolves/0109.gif The wolf is the teacher. Remain teachable! |
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 https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...uaNsDuvkJAj4kA |
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