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“When I’m in fear, my sponsor always tells me, ‘Maybe you should get a bigger God.’”

“Simplicity, devotion, steadfastness, and loyalty; these, we remembered, were the hallmarks of character which Dr. Bob had well implanted in so many of us.”

“We will still have daydreams ... But they will be constructive dreams, rather than mere flights of fancy.”

“When we concentrate on loving those we think are unlovable, we find out how expansive love is.”

“In the Twelve Steps, AA offers not a theory, not a hypothesis, not a pious hope, not -- thank God -- wistful or wishful thinking, but a historical record of how more than 25,000 [now over 2,000,000] alcoholics achieved sobriety.”

“I am responsible for reporting for duty and making the effort to overcome the adversity, and in so doing to overcome myself.”

“Whatever strengthens the spirituality of the group strengthens my spirituality, and vice versa.”

“Truly transforming spiritual experiences are nearly always founded on calamity and collapse.”

“I pray that I may continue to grow in unselfishness, enough to care about the lives of all alcoholics, wherever they may be -- those that are with us and those yet to come.”

"Change is scary, even if it promises a better life."

“We shall never be at our best except when we hew only to the primary spiritual aim of AA. That of carrying its message to the alcoholic who still suffers alcoholism.”

“Good things increase in direct proportion to my willingness to become teachable.”

“All AA progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility.”

“It is our experience as alcoholics that makes us of unique value ... We can approach sufferers as no one else can.”

"Only mutual trust can be the foundation for great love -- each of us for the other, and all of us for God.”