Search

“Neither God nor AA can help us if we are not open to help.”

“Life’s formidable array of pains and problems will require many different degrees of acceptance ... Sometimes, we have to find the right kind of acceptance for each day. Sometimes, we need to develop acceptance for what may come to pass tomorrow and, yet again, we shall have to accept a condition that may never change. Then, too, there frequently has to be a right and realistic acceptance of grievous flaws within ourselves and serious faults within those about us – defects that may not be fully remedied for years, if ever.”

“With a recovering alcoholic, action has to come before understanding and faith ... We have to act our way to right thinking, rather than the reverse.”

“I must continue to see my own kinship with whatever God is identifiable, just as relentlessly as I work to make each minute a sober one.”