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“I need to constantly inch forward in AA, closer to the center, to avoid being thrown from the spinning wheel that is my life.”

“I was attracted to AA because it excluded no one, and I am grateful for the lessons I’ve learned over the years: that we stop fighting anyone or anything; that it is the details of what I do that make me who I am; that my perception of life is ever-changing and evolving; that the basic ‘suggestions’ I heard when I entered the Fellowship have been a continuous part of my life; that as long as I stay an active member of AA, more will be revealed.”

"There are always the constructive critics, our friends indeed. We should never fail to give them a careful hearing."

“Serenity and peace of mind are a direct result of accepting our lives as they are at this moment, and all the money in the world cannot purchase this kind of peace.”

“Emotional and instinctual satisfactions, I saw, were really the extra dividends of having love, offering love, and expressing a love appropriate to each relation of life.”

“When I look into the eyes of the person next to me and ask, ‘How are you?’, I will take the time to listen. I want to keep in mind that at any given time, each of us may need the same love and support as someone who is attending their first meeting.”

“Every recovery, though it may go unnoticed, improves the world in some way.”