"Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body.”

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, Page 20~

"Follow the dictates of a Higher Power and you will presently live in a new and wonderful world, no matter what your present circumstances!"

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 100

"To get over drinking will require a transformation of thought and attitude. We all had to place recovery above everything, for without recovery we would have lost both home and business.”

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, To Employers, pg. 143~

“When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God. This applies, too, to other spiritual expressions which you find in this book.” - Pg. 47 - We Agnostics

"Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 43~

“Helping others is the foundation stone of your recovery.”

- Pg. 97 - Working With Others

“I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me.”

-Alcoholics Anonymous p. 13 (Bill’s Story)

"Thus was I convinced that God is concerned with us humans when we want Him enough. At long last I saw, I felt, I believed. Scales of pride and prejudice fell from my eyes. A new world came into view."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 12~

“But it is clear that we made our own misery. God didn't do it. Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate GODS omnipotence.” - Pg. 133 - The Family Afterward

"We know what you are thinking. You are saying to yourself: “I'm jittery and alone. I couldn't do that." But you can. You forget that you have just now tapped a source of power much greater than yourself."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 163~