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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