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“I am finally leaning really to live one day at a time and to appreciate and be alert to the beautiful, marvel-filled, albeit sometimes infuriating world around me. This is a startlingly pleasant reward.”

“I pray for the willingness to listen carefully to everyone I encounter, for some may have the words I need to hear.”

"When I begin to look where the answer really is -- inside of me -- I get a sense of 'rightness' when I speak or hear the truth. Step Six helps me develop a sense of intuition that I can truly count on."

“When faith has entered the front door of our hearts, fear goes out the back.”

“The place to start in achieving an informed group conscience is with myself.”

“My energy is now my own. I don’t have to spend it on being angry and negative ... There’s no longer that terrible rush to judgment”

 “I have a feeling that if I ever find myself in Heaven, it will be from backing away from Hell.”

“After telling Dr. Bob my story, I explained how truly I needed him. Would he allow me to help him, I might remain sober myself. The seed that was to flower as AA began to grow toward the light.”

“Simple gratitude compels us all to be mindful of the needs of others and to work in the ways and through the means developed by the AA movement to try to reach some of the millions of our fellow alcoholics who are still suffering in the hell from which we have escaped.”

“Where before there was a gaping hole of emptiness, I seek within me that faint ember of self-love, self-worth, and desire for goodness.”

“If all I have is a dollar in my pocket and I’m at a meeting, logic tells me to save it for myself for later. If I give it to AA, and have faith in the process, it will come back to me in ways I can’t even imagine.”

“The bottle never demanded credentials or conformity -- neither has AA.”

“We AAs are the best listeners in the world -- that is, when we’re not talking!”

“It is tradition among us that the individual has the unlimited right to his own opinion on any subject under the sun. He is compelled to agree with no one; if he likes, he can disagree with everyone.”

“Great modesty and humility are needed by every AA for his own permanent recovery. If these virtues are such vital needs to the individual, so must they be to AA as a whole.”