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“My willingness to have my defects of character removed was bolstered by the realization that little, if any, spiritual growth was possible as long as I held on to my old ideas and defects.”

“When life is easy, I usually assume it’s God’s way and I’m quite spiritual. But when I’m in emotional trouble, I assume life’s a drag and that God’s gone fishing.”

“The effort to escape from truth is the father of anxiety.”

“We neither ran nor fought. But accept we did. And then we began to be free.”

“I believe that a man’s value to himself is the sum total of his positive reaction to the little things in life.”

“If we are to find spiritual growth and serenity, we must dress our minds each morning as carefully as we dress our bodies. Only then can today become the glorious tomorrow we looked forward to yesterday.”

“Work on Step Nine has freed me from fears about the past and given me more energy to devote to present-day living – this twenty-four hours.”

“I spent years looking for things to alienate me, make me different, make me special or unique, better or worse ... I was taught through the Steps to start dwelling on the positive – the ‘alikeness’ instead of the differences.”

“Let us continue to take our inventory as a Fellowship, searching out our flaws and confessing them freely. Let us devote ourselves to the repair of all faulty relations that may exist, whether within or without.”

“William Duncan Silkworth ... supplied us with the tools with which to puncture the toughest alcoholic ego, those shattering phrases by which he described our illness: the obsession of the mind that compels us to drink and the allergy of the body that condemns us to go mad or die. Without these indispensable passwords, AA could never have worked.”

“I am glad for everything that has happened to me. I have found a way of life that I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.”

“The amount of reality I turn my back on is the amount I lose.”

“Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.”

“Are you finally ready to let go and live your destiny?”

“Sometimes we register surprise, shock, and anger when people find fault with AA. We are apt to be disturbed to such an extent that we cannot benefit from constructive criticism. This sort of resentment makes no friends and achieves no constructive purpose. Certainly, this is an area in which we can improve.”