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“I have learned how to place principles before personalities, begun to understand that it’s okay for me to be wrong, and that it is also all right for me to allow others to be wrong and to make mistakes. Learning to let go is a huge part of service work on all levels.”

“I have often seen our Society timid and fearful, angry and prideful, apathetic and indifferent. But I have also seen these negatives fade as the lessons of experience were learned and gladly applied.”

“My recovery relies on the hands of many people being extended to me. The welcome I received was more than a word. It was a word followed by actions.”

“I had been undergoing a spiritual experience without knowing it. My confused questioning about a Higher Power, my changed mental attitude, and even my physical recovery had all be part of a spiritual awakening. Without knowing it, I had been in contact with the source of life, whatever or whoever that might be.”

“Let today's troubles be sufficient to today.”

“Life hasn’t been all smooth sailing, but because of AA, I no longer have to live in fear. I sleep at night ... I have a purpose in life.

“The unique ability of each AA to identify himself with, and bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, eloquence, or on any special individual skills. The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety.”

“Let us remember that great legion who still suffer from alcoholism and who are still without hope. Let us, at any cost or sacrifice, so improve our communication with all these that they may find what we have found – a new life of freedom under God.’”

“The more willing I become to admit it when I am wrong, the less often am I in the position of having to make such an admission.”

“I believe the peace I get from an effective Tenth Step is what God feels like.”

“All I had to do was ask myself a simple question: ‘Am I or am I not powerless over alcohol?’ I didn’t have to compare myself or my experience with anyone, just answer a simple question.”

“It is when you let truth go into action, and hurl your life after your held conception of truth, that things start to happen.”

“The road to spiritual and emotional recovery ... has taken diverse routes – lots of meetings, readings, talks with AA members, discussion groups, psychotherapy, and the beginning of sharing. The keys seemed to be listening and sharing – the spirit at work.”

“Ever fresh in my heart is a song of thanksgiving for my expanding sobriety, as the opening door to timeless truth.”

“AA is spiritual, is the eye of the hurricane, is my refuge and my comfort ... Thanks to AA for making a place for broken hearts and wounded souls.”