“Let all of us AAs, whether we be trustees, editors, secretaries, janitors, or cooks -- or just members -- ever recall the unimportance of wealth and authority as compared with the vast import of our brotherhood, love, and service.”
“Let us of AA ... resolve that we shall always be inclusive and never exclusive, offering all we have to all, save our title. May all barriers be thus leveled.”
“Often simplicity yields to complexity as the human mind grasps a great revelation, and places its own particular interpretation upon it. All too often the revelation becomes lost in the maze of human ideas, interpretations, and suggestions. Thus have great movements risen, flourished for a season, and died. But AA has steadily progressed through the labyrinth of complexity, carefully avoiding luring temptations of wealth, professionalism, and fame as a healer of one of mankind's most deadly diseases. Dr. Bob who responded to that original phone call, and heard and accepted the message from Bill, has left ringing in our ears, the vital admonition: ‘Keep it simple.’”
“There are AA emotions and attitudes that transcend language.”
“With each passing year we increasingly realize the immense importance of adequately presenting the program to every new prospect who is in the least inclined to listen. Many of us feel this to be our greatest obligation to him and our failure to do so our greatest dereliction. The difference between a good approach and a bad one can mean life or death to those who seek our help.”
“What I have learned in the past twelve years is that my relationship with God and my spiritual practice is the only answer, even when I’m not sure of the question.”
“For thousands of alcoholics yet to come, AA does have an answer. But there is one condition. We must, at all costs, preserve our essential unity; it must be made unbreakably secure. Without permanent unity there can be little lasting recovery for anyone. Hence our future depends upon the creation and observance of a sound group Tradition. First things will always need to be first: humility before success, and unity before fame.”
“It has been difficult for me to accept myself and some of my decisions ... But I’ve done the best I can with the information available, even if it might not be someone else’s best.”
“When I effectively practice my program, I am only a cheap dime-store garden hose carrying God’s message of hope, recovery, and forgiveness.”
"Para alcanzar el crecimiento espiritual y la serenidad, debemos ataviar nuestra mente cada mañana con el mismo cuidado que le dedicamos a nuestro cuerpo. Sólo entonces podrá el presente desembocar en el glorioso mañana que ansiábamos ayer".
"Trabajar el Noveno Paso me liberó de mis miedos sobre el pasado y me otorgó más energía para dedicarle a cada día de mi vida actual las veinticuatro horas".
"Pasé años buscando cosas para enajenarme, diferenciarme, hacerme especial o único, mejor o peor. Los Pasos me enseñaron a centrarme en lo positivo: en las similitudes, no en las diferencias".
"Sigamos haciendo nuestro inventario como Comunidad, intentando descubrir nuestros defectos y confesándolos sin reserva. Dediquémonos a remediar todas las relaciones defectuosas que puedan existir, ya sean internas o externas".
"William Duncan Silkworth, nos facilitó los instrumentos para desinflar el ego alcohólico más resistente, aquellas demoledoras frases con las que describía nuestra enfermedad: la obsesión mental que nos obliga a beber y la alergia corporal que nos condena a la locura o a la muerte. Sin estas indispensables consignas, AA no podría haber funcionado nunca".
“La vida no ha sido un lecho de rosas, pero gracias a AA, ya no tengo que vivir con miedo. Duermo por la noche. Tengo un propósito en la vida”.
