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“I am free to like and enjoy what I have. I don’t need to exhibit my high values by hating my rowboat for not being a yacht, my house for not being a palace, my child for not being a prodigy.”

"May we never forget that we live by the grace of God -- on borrowed time."

“If I try to soar with the eagles, I'm likely to appear more of a turkey.”

“Long before I was a binge drinker, I was a binge thinker. I tended to think incessantly, as if this were an essential part of staying alive. My mind either had no ‘off’ switch, or, if it did, I had no idea where it was.”

“Spiritual awakening ... begins with knowledge and acceptance of the truth about ourselves.”

“Those of us who saw the shadow of the butterfly net overhead are blessed if we get to know that an open mind can save.”

“We believe that any two or three alcoholics gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an AA group provided that, as a group, they have no other affiliation.”

“We are all important, but not for the reasons we think.”

“Sanity begins with the admission of reality into the mind.”

“I am trying to do what I can to love, today. Can anything else be more important?”

“The foundation stone of freedom from fear is that of faith: a faith that, despite all worldly appearances to the contrary, causes me to believe that I live in a universe that makes sense.”

“As faith grows, so does inner security.”

“Truth ... cut the shackles that once bound us to alcohol. It continues to release us from conflicts and miseries beyond reckoning; it banishes fear and isolation.”

“Facing ourselves ... is often more difficult than being honest with another person.”

 “Just how and when we tell the truth – or keep silent – can often reveal the difference between genuine integrity and none at all.”