“When I stopped living in the problem and began living in the answer, the problem went away.” — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“He also found himself increasingly resentful of the “tally system” that AA uses to measure sobriety: every time he “slipped” and had… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“Identifying, they said, was trying to see how I was like the people I was with. Comparing, they told me, was looking… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We create our own reality. The blessing (or problem) with this is that when one creates one's own reality, one must live… — Gary R. Ryan Copy Share Image
“Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“I have found that the process of discovering who I really am begins with knowing who I really don't want to be.” — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I simply had to believe in a Spirit of the Universe, who knew neither time nor limitation.” — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Each person in the group said something except for me. My silence became noticed. About halfway through the meeting I started to… — Daphne Scholinski Copy Share Image
Think about the stigma that is attached to the idea that alcoholism is a disease, an incurable illness, and you have it.… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action.” — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Through the years I had quit on everything that ever mattered: college, going for promotions, relationships - at least the relationships that… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us.” — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I have come to believe that hard times are not just meaningless suffering and that something good might turn up at any… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“AA began as a nonprofessional attempt to grapple with the alcoholism of its founders. It arose and took its famous twelve steps… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“How did people have conversations anyway? How did they meet and then begin to talk as if they had known each other… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many… — Alcoholics Anonymous Copy Share Image
“More than anything, AA offers a comforting veneer of actionable change: it is something you can do.” — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“In 2006, one of the most prestigious scientific research organizations in the world, the Cochrane Collaboration, conducted a review of the many… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“In the seventy-six years since AA was created, 12-step programs have expanded to include over three hundred different organizations, focusing on such… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“AA spread like wildfire through a country desperate for hope at the end of Prohibition and in the midst of the Great… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“For an organization that has expressly denied religious standing and publicly claims a secular—even scientific—approach, it is curious that AA retains these… — Lance Dodes Copy Share Image
“Alcohol is good at disinfecting things It can clean a surface or erase memories” — Richard L. Ratliff Copy Share Image
