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“I believe the peace I get from an effective Tenth Step is what God feels like.”

“Death isn’t quite as scary as the exhilarating terror of trying to accept life.”

"Open-mindedness seems to me a core spiritual principle of the program ... Without it I cannot change."

"My prayers are usually brief and to the point. 'Help!' is one I use often."

“I accepted the invitation to go on a Twelfth Step call and I in turn was twelfth-stepped.”

"I believe the peace I get from an effective Tenth Step is what God feels like."

“If I try to soar with the eagles, I'm likely to appear more of a turkey.”

"Spirituality is not based on logic, it is faith-driven. Faith makes the impossible possible."

"When I can identify my own shortcomings in another, the battleground between us is removed."

"Now that my spiritual eyes have begun to open, the world is much fuller."

"Sobriety in AA is the first thing in my life that has really worked."

“There will always be people in the Fellowship with whom I don’t see eye-to-eye, but that doesn’t mean we can’t work together. The Fellowship wouldn’t be what it is today if we always saw eye-to-eye on everything.”

“I began to find ... a more centered, purposeful life, at least in the sense that my body, mind, emotions, and soul were all more or less heading in the same direction. I was riding one horse instead of four.”

“After telling Dr. Bob my story, I explained how truly I needed him. Would he allow me to help him, I might remain sober myself. The seed that was to flower as AA began to grow toward the light.”

“I began to find ... a more centered, purposeful life, at least in the sense that my body, mind, emotions, and soul were all more or less heading in the same direction. I was riding one horse instead of four.”