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“Putting my ego aside to ask others for help still doesn’t come naturally, so I’ve made it a part of my Tenth Step inventory, asking, ‘Have I failed to ask for help when I needed it today?’”

"New people are the lifeblood of AA. I am eternally grateful to them. By extension I am, therefore, grateful to Tradition Three for making it possible for all who want what we have to come to AA."

“New people are the lifeblood of AA. I am eternally grateful to them. By extension I am, therefore, grateful to Tradition Three for making it possible for all who want what we have to come to AA.”

“New people are the lifeblood of AA. I am eternally grateful to them. By extension I am, therefore, grateful to Tradition Three for making it possible for all who want what we have to come to AA.”

“I don’t fear for the future because I am in the loving arms of AA today.”

“I don’t fear for the future because I am in the loving arms of AA today.”

"A good question to ask myself frequently is: What am I looking for – advice or approval?"

"I don't fear for the future because I am in the loving arms of AA today."

“I write my goals and priorities in pencil, so I can erase them. This is not so I can sell myself short, but so I can strive for more ambitious outcomes. Recovery is a lifelong process; the moment I engrave in stone my blueprint for living, I’ll rediscover and recover something that is paramount to the value of my life. And then I’ll be looking for a new stone.”

"I write my goals and priorities in pencil, so I can erase them. This is not so I can sell myself short, but so I can strive for more ambitious outcomes. Recovery is a lifelong process; the moment I engrave in stone my blueprint for living, I'll rediscover and recover something that is paramount to the value of my life. And then I'll be looking for a new stone."

“It would be virtually impossible to experience the Twelve Steps and not learn something of love. I believe that love is the willingness to extend oneself for spiritual growth. When we answer a call for help, we are extending ourselves for the purpose of spiritual growth. Someone once said that there are three steps to becoming a loving person: love yourself, be yourself, forget yourself.”

“I write my goals and priorities in pencil, so I can erase them. This is not so I can sell myself short, but so I can strive for more ambitious outcomes. Recovery is a lifelong process; the moment I engrave in stone my blueprint for living, I’ll rediscover and recover something that is paramount to the value of my life. And then I’ll be looking for a new stone.”

“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."