Elizabeth breaks down the fundamentals of Steps 1-3, talks about her experience with half-measures, and  discusses the importance of p.85 in her recovery: “It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God’s will into all of our activities.”

Alex discusses why the 5th Step is vital for permanent recovery.

(p.73): "If we skip this vital step, we may not overcome drinking. Time after time newcomers have tried to keep to themselves certain facts about their lives...Almost invariably they got drunk. Having persevered with the rest of the program, they wondered why they fell. They took inventory all right, but hung on to some of the worst items in stock."

Michael discusses page 53: "When we became alcoholics, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing. God either is, or He isn't. What was our choice to be?"

Ali discusses spiritual authenticity, pp 72-73, and the importance of having a trusted advisor for the 5th step. 

"We will be more reconciled to discussing ourselves with another person when we see good reasons why we should do so."

"More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor. To the outer world, he presents his stage character."

Ray challenges the newcomer to ask themselves "are you willing to be sober?"  "Do you really want to be sober for yourself?" as relay his experience of getting to that place of wanting to be sober. 

JP discusses the line from page 84: "And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone-- even alcohol."

Keirda discusses freedom from the bondage of self, and her experience accessing the power which provides that freedom.

John discusses p. 54: " How much of these feelings, these loves, these worships, have to do with pure reason? Little or nothing we saw at last. Were not these things the tissue out of which our lives were constructed?" And also, a story from the back of the book "Keys to the Kingdom."

Michelle discusses page 45: "Lack of power, that was our dilemma."

....and we have come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we have been living it. (p.25) Janice uses her experience to demonstrate the depth of this phrase.