“Only Step One, where we made the 100 percent admission we were powerless over alcohol, can be practiced with absolute perfection.”

~TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 68~

“The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink. Our so-called will power becomes practically nonexistent.”

~ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 24~

“Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.”

~ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 59~

“We perceive that only through utter defeat are we able to take our first steps toward liberation and strength. Our admissions of personal powerlessness finally turn out to be firm bedrock upon which happy and purposeful lives may be built.”

~TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 21~

“He cannot picture life without alcohol. Some day he will be unable to imagine life either with alcohol or without it. Then he will know loneliness such as few do. He will be at the jumping-off place. He will wish for the end.”

~ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 152~

“We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs.”

~ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 19~

The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves.

~ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 25~

"Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid. It meant destruction of self-centeredness. I must turn in all things to the Father of Light who presides over us all."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 14~

“As soon as we admitted the possible existence of a Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of the Universe underlying the totality of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 46~

"Much to our relief, we discovered we did not need to consider another's conception of God. Our own conception, however inadequate, was sufficient to make the approach and to effect a contact with Him.

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 46~