We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. 'Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, We Agnostics, pg. 47~

“We may have had certain spiritual beliefs, but now we begin to have a spiritual experience."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 75~

“We begin to feel the nearness of our Creator.”

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 75~

“Our fears fall from us.”

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 75~

"We can be alone at perfect peace and ease."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 75~

We can look the world in the eye.

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 75~

"Once we have taken this step, withholding nothing, we are delighted.”

“There is the obsession that somehow, someday, they will beat the game. But they often suspect they are down for the count.”

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 23~

"Some drinkers have excuses with which they are satisfied part of the time. But in their hearts they really do not know why they do it. Once this malady has a real hold, they are a baffled lot.”

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 23~

“Many, we are sure, will rise to their feet and march on. They will approach still other sick ones and fellowships of Alcoholics Anonymous may spring up in each city and hamlet, havens for those who must find a way out.”

~Alcoholics Anonymous, A Vision For You, pg. 153