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"May we never forget that we live by the grace of God -- on borrowed time."

“In the life of each AA member, there still lurks a tyrant. His name is alcohol.”

“The leap of faith must be taken again and again over greater and greater distances.”

“I cannot adequately describe how light I feel since I took the Fifth Step, and how soundly I sleep.”

“Tomorrow – and all the tomorrows to come – are but extensions of right here, right now.”

“A religious, or spiritual experience, is the act of giving up reliance on one’s own omnipotence.”

“I believe in today because it is the only day in eternity that belongs to me.”

“The leap of faith must be taken again and again over greater and greater distances.”

"The leap of faith must be taken again and again over greater and greater distances."

"May we never forget that we live by the grace of God -- on borrowed time."

“In the life of each AA member, there still lurks a tyrant. His name is alcohol.”

I cannot adequately describe how light I feel since I took the Fifth Step, and how soundly I sleep.

"Tomorrow – and all the tomorrows to come – are but extensions of right here, right now."

A religious, or spiritual experience, is the act of giving up reliance on one’s own omnipotence.

“Although we can borrow from religion, medicine, and psychiatry, we are not any one of them. We cannot run hospitals nor half-way houses, nor marry the group with a religious sect. We cannot send lobbyists to Congress and we don't mix AA with banking enterprises. We aren't educators nor counselors. We cannot lend our name to any other cause except our own. The more we mind our own business, the greater our influence becomes; medicine, religion, and psychiatry start borrowing from our experience and ideas. So do the fields of education, research, and rehabilitation. All kinds of groups based on AA's Twelve Steps have evolved, groups that deal with gambling, eating, drug addiction, mental illness, divorce, etc. They've borrowed from the AA program and made their own adaptations. We didn't have to endorse them or lend our name. This tells us strongly that the more AA sticks to its primary purpose, the greater will be its helpful influence.”