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Incoming!

By Eric C. Copyright © The AA Grapevine, Inc. (October, 2017). Reprinted with permission. Not only are there lots of atheists with decades of sobriety in AA, there have always been atheists in foxholes. A graduate of a Christian high school, I enlisted in the Marine Corps at age 19. I had already discovered that the more I studied the scriptures and the more earnestly I prayed, the more I doubted…

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Our Grapevine

By John S.  The widely anticipated October issue of the AA Grapevine, featuring a special section devoted to stories by agnostics and atheists in AA, has been published and delivered to mailboxes around the world. I received my copy, and I was very pleased with the stories chosen for publication. I feel the authors did a great job capturing the essence of agnostic AA, and the Grapevine editors…

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Grapevine Quote November 16 “Whether I conceive of God as a set of immutable cosmic laws or as an old man with a white robe and matching beard is totally and gloriously irrelevant. All that matters are my values and attitudes and how I act upon them.”

Culver City, Calif., May 1977 “Faith Is Action” Spiritual Awakenings

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Grapevine Quote November 10 “I realize now that most of the problems in my life were a direct result of my attempts to handle my own life, to be in control of my own destiny. I am grateful that today, sober, I can still say my life has ‘become unmanageable.’”

College Park, Md., June 1982 Spiritual Awakenings

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November 8 “To know yourself is not done just by reviewing your ‘misdeeds’; they are not you ... Your doubts, fears, and apprehensions, your immature cravings, your self-indulgence ... they are all committed by your physical body, guided by false instincts and imagination, instead of by your real self, which is the soul – the spirit within. That is where your conscience is, and your wisdom and your strength – which no one can hurt but you.”

New York, N.Y., November 1946 “Sobriety for Ourselves” Thank You for Sharing: Sixty Years of Letters to the Grapevine

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November 2 Grapevine Quote “Suffering is no longer a menace to be evaded at any cost. When it does come, no matter how grievously, we realize that it too has its purpose. It is our great teacher because it reveals our defects and so pushes us forward into the paths of progress. The pain of drinking did just this for us. And so can any other pain.”

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1958 Editorial AA Grapevine