--- title: "1 12 step Quotes By Bill W" description: "1 12 step quotes by Bill W. Plus more from Bill W and more 12 step sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/bill-w-20063_12-step_we-admitted-we-were-powerless-over-alcoh_2457128.png" --- > [We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves would restore us to sanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/we-admitted-we-were-powerless-over-alcohol-that-our-lives-had-become/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/bill-w-20063_12-step_we-admitted-we-were-powerless-over-alcoh_2457128.png) ## More by Bill W > [More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/more-than-most-people-the-alcoholic-leads-a-double-life-he-is-very/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [“Nothing can be more demoralizing than a clinging and abject dependance upon another human being. This often amounts to the demand for a degree…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/nothing-can-be-more-demoralizing-than-a-clinging-and-abject/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can't be made of it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/no-personal-calamity-is-so-crushing-that-something-true-and-great-can/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/honesty-with-ourselves-others-gets-us-sober-but-it-is-tolerance-that/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [The good is the enemy of the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/the-good-is-the-enemy-of-the-best/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/it-must-never-be-forgotten-that-the-purpose-of-alcoholics-anonymous/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/seeing-is-believing-to-most-families-who-have-lived-with-a-drinker/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/learning-how-to-live-in-the-greatest-peace-partnership-and/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/we-know-that-permanent-sobriety-can-be-attained-only-by-a-most/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [“Step One is about recognizing our brokenness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/step-one-is-about-recognizing-our-brokenness/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch. I was soon to be catapulted into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/how-dark-it-is-before-the-dawn-in-reality-that-was-the-beginning-of/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively. Regardless of what is happening around me I will always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/no-matter-how-unreasonable-others-may-seem-i-am-responsible-for-not/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedom from fear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/only-the-self-deceived-will-claim-perfect-freedom-from-fear/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/each-day-my-friend-s-simple-talk-in-our-kitchen-multiplies-itself-in/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) > [For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-w/for-the-wise-have-always-known-that-no-one-can-make-much-of-his-life/) [Bill W](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-w/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/12-step/bill-w/#itemlist", "name": "1 12 step Quotes By Bill W", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. 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