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"Talking about what bothers me helps it lose its power over me."

"I'm learning to be a mother, a friend, a grandmother, and a sister. My friends are a close-knit support group, and they're as near as the telephone."

"When we love, we will see in others what we wish to see in ourselves."

"Pride in my intelligence blinded me to how much I did not know."

"Truth is not a bludgeon to be used indiscriminately ... When I am asked for an opinion or advice, I give it to the best of my ability with as much gentleness, understanding, and tolerance as I can scrape up."

"We all know whose inventory we take in AA, right?"

"I have no idea how I made it this long, or what has kept me sober. But if I were to guess, I'd say that it has something to do with the slogan, 'Keep coming back -- no matter what.'"

"I can no longer use the illness of alcoholism as an excuse for anything. There is a catch, however. If I fail to use my recovery in service to others, I will become sick again."

"I've found the comfort, love, and support I need to pick up the pieces and try again after my setbacks ... I'm not alone in my journey."

"There are more amends to be made, letters to be sent, Twelfth Step work to be done, responsibilities to be assumed, and honest talks to be had with loved ones. Life is meant to be lived by facing the challenges it brings. Otherwise, I'm not living, just existing."

“A coffeepot simmers on the kitchen stove, a hospital sobers the stricken sufferer, general headquarters broadcasts the AA message ... All these symbolize AA in action. For action is the magic word of Alcoholics Anonymous.”

"Sanity begins with the admission of reality into the mind."

"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."

"AA is not a place; it's an attitude of mind, a warmth of the heart – a spiritual fourth dimension where material things can't get the upper hand."

"At some point in each today, we recovering alcoholics need to pay ourselves a friendly visit."