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"We found that each of us had to make willing sacrifices ... for the common welfare."

“The alcoholic is in no greater peril than when he takes his sobriety for granted.”

"We found that each of us had to make willing sacrifices ... for the common welfare."

“The alcoholic is in no greater peril than when he takes his sobriety for granted.”

“Part of the magic of AA is that the Fellowship, like the loving God who presides over us all, never gives up hope for the suffering alcoholic.”

“My home group's primary purpose is to carry the AA message to the alcoholic who still suffers. Some of those have much sobriety, because the alcoholic who still suffers is not necessarily a newcomer. However, when newcomers do show up at our home group we try to focus our discussion on what's in the Big Book and how it can help them if they are willing to follow some simple suggestions.”

"Turn toward that power and ask for help whenever you feel disturbed or afraid, the way a plant turns toward the light."

“Turn toward that power and ask for help whenever you feel disturbed or afraid, the way a plant turns toward the light.”

“The AA program does not recognize walls. It is immune to the conditions which break down an individual relationship, the difference in social levels, of intellect, of experience. AA takes no heed of this. It has one primary law, help your fellow man and do it by example rather than by instruction.”

“Everyone’s recipe for serenity is different. It’s like vegetable soup -- nobody makes it quite the same.”

“We can never take our plodding progress as the slightest alibi for setting ourselves second-rate goals.”

“Sober now, there was this tug at my heart, the love of one alcoholic for another.”

“Everyone’s recipe for serenity is different. It’s like vegetable soup -- nobody makes it quite the same.”

“Everyone’s recipe for serenity is different. It’s like vegetable soup -- nobody makes it quite the same.”