“The most difficult thing a man can do is turn his eyes inward upon his real self.”

“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 an 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."

“As we listen to one another’s anxieties and problems, we understand that it’s not what’s happening to you ... it is how you cope with it, survive it, and don’t give up and drink over it ... dashed career hopes, unrequited love, crippling disease, poverty, approaching death. Together we face it, equipped only with the vast, previously undiscovered resources of power within us, which faced and conquered alcoholism for us.”

“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.”

"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."

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