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“Whenever things get hard, or I don’t want to follow through with a suggestion, I simply humble myself to my Higher Power and say, ‘Just for today.’ That helps me live in the moment.”

“The number one way to relieve pain is to forgive.”

“Without much doubt, a million alcoholics have approached AA during the last thirty years. We can soberly ask ourselves what became of the 600,000 who did not stay.”

“I’m learning to smile and laugh again, and I’ve even gotten back some of my self respect ... I still have problems, but AA has taught me how to handle them and not to run from them.”

“Vision is ... the very essence of prudence.”

“When all else fails, try following directions.”

“Hope can be pretty damn contagious.”

“I discovered that there really is an easier, softer way – the way of striving to be a part of.” 

“It took me a long time to find out that AA wasn’t here to limit my life, it was here to fulfill it.”

“Practicing the Twelve Traditions to the best of my ability has become just as vital a part of my personal recovery program as practicing the Twelve Steps. The Steps teach me how to think and act. The Traditions keep my personal program of recovery simple, well-balanced, and healthy.”

“In the first six months of my own sobriety, I worked hard with many alcoholics. Not a one responded. Yet this work kept me sober.”

“Part of the magic of AA is that the Fellowship, like the loving God who presides over us all, never gives up hope for the suffering alcoholic.”

“The other Steps can keep most of us sober and somehow functioning. But Step Eleven can keep us growing, if we try hard and work at it continually.”

“I’ve found a life I never knew existed. I’m so overwhelmed with gratitude that there’s no room for a bad day.”

“In great measure, we AAs have really found peace. However haltingly, we have managed to attain an increasing humility whose dividends have been serenity and legitimate joy.”