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“Tolerance ... promotes an open-mindedness that is vastly important -- is, in fact, a prerequisite to the successful termination of any line of search, whether it be scientific or spiritual.”

“Compromise comes hard to us ‘all-or-nothing drunks.’ Nevertheless, we must never lose sight of the fact that progress is nearly always characterized by a series of improving compromises.”

“The process of one alcoholic confiding in another has without a doubt saved my life. Nowhere else have I ever found such devotion and understanding as with AA sponsoring.”

"Compromise comes hard to us 'all-or-nothing drunks.' Nevertheless, we must never lose sight of the fact that progress is nearly always characterized by a series of improving compromises."

"Tolerance ... promotes an open-mindedness that is vastly important -- is, in fact, a prerequisite to the successful termination of any line of search, whether it be scientific or spiritual."

"Compromise comes hard to us 'all-or-nothing drunks.' Nevertheless, we must never lose sight of the fact that progress is nearly always characterized by a series of improving compromises."

“Each night, I think of the Tenth Step and ask myself, ‘Have I, this day, helped more than I’ve harmed? Given more than I’ve taken? Created more than I’ve destroyed?’”

“No one at the gym, at work, in my neighborhood, or even in church had ever put their hand out to me. In AA, it happened every day.”

“Humility ... is a quiet place where I can keep enough perspective, and enough balance, to take my next small step up the clearly marked road that points toward eternal values.”

“Each night, I think of the Tenth Step and ask myself, ‘Have I, this day, helped more than I’ve harmed? Given more than I’ve taken? Created more than I’ve destroyed?’”

“No one at the gym, at work, in my neighborhood, or even in church had ever put their hand out to me. In AA, it happened every day.”

“The other Steps can keep most of us sober and somehow functioning. But Step Eleven can keep us growing, if we try hard and work at it continually.”

“The first thing my sponsor told me was, ‘I don’t have time to help you stay sick ... but if you want to get better I’d be glad to help.”

“No one at the gym, at work, in my neighborhood, or even in church had ever put their hand out to me. In AA, it happened every day.”

“Each night, I think of the Tenth Step and ask myself, ‘Have I, this day, helped more than I’ve harmed? Given more than I’ve taken? Created more than I’ve destroyed?’”