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“I am responsible as a trusted servant to be informed -- my group expects and deserves that. That responsibility requires me to take action, to do some reading, and to find out what the principles say -- not what I think ... The beautiful thing about AA is that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. We have directions and guidelines that we can follow; they were hammered out on the anvil of experience by those who have gone before us.”

“I am responsible as a trusted servant to be informed -- my group expects and deserves that. That responsibility requires me to take action, to do some reading, and to find out what the principles say -- not what I think ... The beautiful thing about AA is that we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. We have directions and guidelines that we can follow; they were hammered out on the anvil of experience by those who have gone before us.”

“Every day will bring me challenges, but now I have the spiritual tools to cope with life on life’s terms. I am no longer the prisoner of my past, my wants, my sorrows, my addictions.”

“Every day will bring me challenges, but now I have the spiritual tools to cope with life on life’s terms. I am no longer the prisoner of my past, my wants, my sorrows, my addictions.”

“Beaten into complete defeat by alcohol, confronted by the living proof of release, and surrounded by those who can speak to us from the heart, we have finally surrendered. And then, paradoxically, we have found ourselves in a new dimension, the real world of spirit and of faith. Enough willingness, enough open-mindedness -- and there it is!”

“Beaten into complete defeat by alcohol, confronted by the living proof of release, and surrounded by those who can speak to us from the heart, we have finally surrendered. And then, paradoxically, we have found ourselves in a new dimension, the real world of spirit and of faith. Enough willingness, enough open-mindedness -- and there it is!”

“Beaten into complete defeat by alcohol, confronted by the living proof of release, and surrounded by those who can speak to us from the heart, we have finally surrendered. And then, paradoxically, we have found ourselves in a new dimension, the real world of spirit and of faith. Enough willingness, enough open-mindedness -- and there it is!”

“The roads to recovery are many .... AA has no monopoly on reviving alcoholics.”

“It is not the fault of great ideals that they are sometimes misused.”

“One day leads to the next, no matter how unhappy I choose to be.”

“Empathy, not sympathy or pity, is the most useful quality a sponsor can cultivate.”

"Empathy, not sympathy or pity, is the most useful quality a sponsor can cultivate."

“The place to start in achieving an informed group conscience is with myself.”

“‘Let us always love the best in others -- and never fear their worst.’”

"It is not the fault of great ideals that they are sometimes misused."