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“With the help of the Fellowship, the Twelve Steps, and a Higher Power ... I do not have to be a newcomer again.”

"With the help of the Fellowship, the Twelve Steps, and a Higher Power ... I do not have to be a newcomer again."

“The grace of the Fellowship and the principles of the program carry us through the tough spots as well as the times of joy. Whether we are sober 33 days or 33 years, we each receive our daily reprieve from active alcoholism by working this program to the best of our ability, one day at a time.”

"The grace of the Fellowship and the principles of the program carry us through the tough spots as well as the times of joy. Whether we are sober 33 days or 33 years, we each receive our daily reprieve from active alcoholism by working this program to the best of our ability, one day at a time."

“The best way to appreciate AA is the same way you appreciate a stained-glass window: Look at it from the inside.”

“The best way to appreciate AA is the same way you appreciate a stained-glass window: Look at it from the inside.”

“Through the years, I have read thousands of books and pamphlets, but the Big Book is still the superstar. The love flowing from its pages encourages me to keep the blade of my sobriety ever sharp and gleaming, to cut through all the ignorance and terror that surround still-suffering alcoholics.”

"Through the years, I have read thousands of books and pamphlets, but the Big Book is still the superstar. The love flowing from its pages encourages me to keep the blade of my sobriety ever sharp and gleaming, to cut through all the ignorance and terror that surround still-suffering alcoholics."

“Through the years, I have read thousands of books and pamphlets, but the Big Book is still the superstar. The love flowing from its pages encourages me to keep the blade of my sobriety ever sharp and gleaming, to cut through all the ignorance and terror that surround still-suffering alcoholics.”

“The effort to escape from truth is the father of anxiety.”

“The effort to escape from truth is the father of anxiety.”

"The effort to escape from truth is the father of anxiety."

"The things that used to keep me awake nights now no longer bother me, because I can put them against the backdrop of eternity. The long, lonely winter that was alcoholism has turned into spring – the rebirth, the renewal of my life."

“Sobriety -- freedom from alcohol -- through the teaching and practice of the Twelve Steps, is the sole purpose of an AA group.”

“One of the truly great gifts in this Fellowship of mutually concerned people is the gift of the art of listening.”