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“My sponsor told me that if I stayed away from the first drink a day at a time and followed the suggested Twelve Steps, I could lead a sober life. She didn’t promise me health, wealth, happiness, love -- or comfort. All she promised me was sobriety! Thank goodness, she didn’t promise me anything else, because along the AA path I have found sickness, death, unhappiness, and considerable discomfort. But I have also found the greatest joy, love, and happiness of my life.”

“Dr. Silkworth taught us how to till the black soil of hopelessness, out of which every single spiritual awakening in our fellowship has since flowered. In December 1934 this man of science had sat humbly by my bed following my own sudden and overwhelming spiritual experience, reassuring me: ‘No, Bill,’ he had said, ‘you are not hallucinating. Whatever you have got, you had better hang on to; it is so much better than what you had only an hour ago.’”

“Happiness is a by-product – the extra dividend of giving without any demand for a return.”

“Happiness is a by-product – the extra dividend of giving without any demand for a return.”

“Happiness is a by-product – the extra dividend of giving without any demand for a return.”

“Open-mindedness seems to me a core spiritual principle of the program ... Without it I cannot change.”

“Open-mindedness seems to me a core spiritual principle of the program ... Without it I cannot change.”

“We can’t grow without giving ourselves space for silence and the voice within.”

“We can’t grow without giving ourselves space for silence and the voice within.”

“Open-mindedness seems to me a core spiritual principle of the program ... Without it I cannot change.”

“Few victims of this illness can expect sobriety without a major change in most aspects of living.”

“Few victims of this illness can expect sobriety without a major change in most aspects of living.”

“God has given me this day to use as I wish; Alcoholics Anonymous shows me how to live it without a drink.”

“God has given me this day to use as I wish; Alcoholics Anonymous shows me how to live it without a drink.”