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“I’ve got a brand new feeling, gratitude -- a feeling that has visited me more and more frequently -- sometimes with the rush of cleansing tears -- sometimes with just a serene flow of mental thank-yous for some small, God-given bonus in a routine day.”

“I can recognize that I’m caught up in my will when I desperately struggle to slam a square peg into a round hole. That’s the time for me to back off and trust that God’s will is far better than mine.”

“I believe most of us would agree that the general idea of anonymity is sound, because it encourages alcoholics and the families of alcoholics to approach us for help. Still fearful of being stigmatized, they regard our anonymity as an assurance their problems will be kept confidential; that the alcoholic skeleton in the family closet will not wander in the streets.”

“The spirit of AA has been with me ... for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health.”

"The spirit of AA has been with me ... for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health."

"Only mutual trust can be the foundation for great love -- each of us for the other, and all of us for God.”

"Only mutual trust can be the foundation for great love -- each of us for the other, and all of us for God.”

Only mutual trust can be the foundation for great love -- each of us for the other, and all of us for God.

“I am thankful to God for all that I have, and for all that I don’t have.”

“I am thankful to God for all that I have, and for all that I don’t have.”

“I am thankful to God for all that I have, and for all that I don’t have.”

"If you haven't been to a meeting for a while, come, and add to the mix ... we need you. Come for yourself, come for the Fellowship, come to celebrate sobriety, and come for the alcoholic who still suffers."

“If you haven’t been to a meeting for a while, come, and add to the mix ... we need you. Come for yourself, come for the Fellowship, come to celebrate sobriety, and come for the alcoholic who still suffers.”

“If you haven’t been to a meeting for a while, come, and add to the mix ... we need you. Come for yourself, come for the Fellowship, come to celebrate sobriety, and come for the alcoholic who still suffers.”

“Over the years I've gone to different types of groups to meet different needs in my life or to share experience, strength, and hope about a particular problem I was struggling with. Some days I've been part of the solution for another suffering alcoholic; other days I've been the one who was suffering.

“Thanks to our Fifth Tradition, no matter what my needs or my location I can find an AA group where I can talk about -- and listen to -- not drinking one day at a time, practicing the principles in all of my affairs, and being happily and usefully whole.”