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“The amount of reality I turn my back on is the amount I lose.”

“I am glad for everything that has happened to me. I have found a way of life that I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world.”

“Whenever things get hard, or I don’t want to follow through with a suggestion, I simply humble myself to my Higher Power and say, ‘Just for today.’ That helps me live in the moment.”

“The number one way to relieve pain is to forgive.”

“Without much doubt, a million alcoholics have approached AA during the last thirty years. We can soberly ask ourselves what became of the 600,000 who did not stay.”

“I’m learning to smile and laugh again, and I’ve even gotten back some of my self respect ... I still have problems, but AA has taught me how to handle them and not to run from them.”

“Vision is ... the very essence of prudence.”

“The ego of the alcoholic dies a hard death ... fitting and wearing halos is not for us.”

“My new friend asked when I had had my last drink, when I had eaten last, and if I was sleeping indoors that night. He told me his story ... My hope was strengthened even more, and I knew I had found a way to live without booze.”

“I discovered that there really is an easier, softer way – the way of striving to be a part of.”

“It took me a long time to find out that AA wasn’t here to limit my life, it was here to fulfill it.”

“When all else fails, try following directions.”

“Hope can be pretty damn contagious.”

“I show up early, I am involved, and I reach my hand out to the next person coming though the door. It’s amazing how very easy it is to make a difference for others and for yourself just by accepting the responsibility to pass the message on.”

“Alcohol in Latin is spiritus, and you use the same word for the highest religious experience as well as for the most depraving poison. The helpful formula therefore is: spiritus contra spiritum.”