--- title: "20 Aa Quotes By Alcoholics Anonymous" description: "20 Aa quotes by Alcoholics Anonymous. Plus more from Alcoholics Anonymous and more Aa sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_i-simply-had-to-believe-in-a-spirit-of-t_2310101.jpg" --- > [“I simply had to believe in a Spirit of the Universe, who knew neither time nor limitation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/i-simply-had-to-believe-in-a-spirit-of-the-universe-who-knew-neither/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_i-simply-had-to-believe-in-a-spirit-of-t_2310101.jpg) > [“First of all, we had to quit playing God. It didn't work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/first-of-all-we-had-to-quit-playing-god-it-didn-t-work/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_first-of-all-we-had-to-quit-playing-god_2167854.jpg) > [“If we were to live, we had to be free of anger.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/if-we-were-to-live-we-had-to-be-free-of-anger/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_if-we-were-to-live-we-had-to-be-free-of_1999971.jpg) > [“To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/to-be-vital-faith-must-be-accompanied-by-self-sacrifice-and-unselfish/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_to-be-vital-faith-must-be-accompanied-by_2711266.jpg) > [“When I stopped living in the problem and began living in the answer, the problem went away.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/when-i-stopped-living-in-the-problem-and-began-living-in-the-answer/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ac/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_when-i-stopped-living-in-the-problem-and_1762876.jpg) > [“The feeling of having shared in a common peril is one element in the powerful cement which binds us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/the-feeling-of-having-shared-in-a-common-peril-is-one-element-in-the/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_the-feeling-of-having-shared-in-a-common_2731592.jpg) > [“Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/avoid-then-the-deliberate-manufacture-of-misery-but-if-trouble-comes/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e7/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_avoid-then-the-deliberate-manufacture-of_347012.jpg) > [“Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/almost-none-of-us-liked-the-self-searching-the-leveling-of-our-pride/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9e/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_almost-none-of-us-liked-the-self-searchi_2133167.jpg) > [“We should be sensible, tactful, considerate and humble without being servile or scraping. As God's people we stand on our feet; we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/we-should-be-sensible-tactful-considerate-and-humble-without-being/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_we-should-be-sensible-tactful-considerat_815010.jpg) > [“We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/we-cannot-subscribe-to-the-belief-that-this-life-is-a-vale-of-tears/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23a/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_we-cannot-subscribe-to-the-belief-that-t_2918987.jpg) > [“To this day, I am amazed at how many of my problems - most of which had nothing to do with drinking,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/to-this-day-i-am-amazed-at-how-many-of-my-problems-most-of-which-had/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_to-this-day-i-am-amazed-at-how-many-of-m_1376008.jpg) > [“...one of the primary differences between alcoholics and nonalcoholics is that nonalcoholics change their behavior to meet their goals and alcoholics change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/one-of-the-primary-differences-between-alcoholics-and-nonalcoholics/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e6/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_one-of-the-primary-differences-between-a_717433.jpg) > [“They sound like the philosophy of a man who, having a headache, beats himself on the head with a hammer so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/they-sound-like-the-philosophy-of-a-man-who-having-a-headache-beats/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_they-sound-like-the-philosophy-of-a-man_813891.jpg) > [“I've been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads: "Rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/i-ve-been-benefited-from-a-dictionary-definition-i-found-that-reads/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_i-ve-been-benefited-from-a-dictionary-de_811427.jpg) > [“I have come to believe that hard times are not just meaningless suffering and that something good might turn up at any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/i-have-come-to-believe-that-hard-times-are-not-just-meaningless/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe9/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_i-have-come-to-believe-that-hard-times-a_2801590.jpg) > [“I have found that the process of discovering who I really am begins with knowing who I really don't want to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/i-have-found-that-the-process-of-discovering-who-i-really-am-begins/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_i-have-found-that-the-process-of-discove_2054777.jpg) > [“Through the years I had quit on everything that ever mattered: college, going for promotions, relationships - at least the relationships that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/through-the-years-i-had-quit-on-everything-that-ever-mattered-college/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdf/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_through-the-years-i-had-quit-on-everythi_2717419.jpg) > [“Identifying, they said, was trying to see how I was like the people I was with. Comparing, they told me, was looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/identifying-they-said-was-trying-to-see-how-i-was-like-the-people-i/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/044/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_identifying-they-said-was-trying-to-see_1874333.jpg) > [“How did people have conversations anyway? How did they meet and then begin to talk as if they had known each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/how-did-people-have-conversations-anyway-how-did-they-meet-and-then/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_how-did-people-have-conversations-anyway_2837873.jpg) > [“It will take time to clear away the wreck. Though old buildings will eventually be replaced by finer ones, the new structures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/it-will-take-time-to-clear-away-the-wreck-though-old-buildings-will/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/920/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_it-will-take-time-to-clear-away-the-wrec_1696178.jpg) ## Other authors on Aa ## More by Alcoholics Anonymous > [“and I actually talked about God, the one who had abandoned me when I was very little, very frightened, and very hurt.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/and-i-actually-talked-about-god-the-one-who-had-abandoned-me-when-i/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“New Year’s resolutions I recycled for a dozen years while my drinking and my life kept getting worse. Alcohol had enslaved me. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/new-year-s-resolutions-i-recycled-for-a-dozen-years-while-my-drinking/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“The horrors grew. Inner horrors. On the surface it looked as though I was more or less keeping it together, but day by day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/the-horrors-grew-inner-horrors-on-the-surface-it-looked-as-though-i/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“How I ran my home, I don’t know. I went on, realizing what I was becoming, hating myself for it, bitter, blaming life, blaming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/how-i-ran-my-home-i-don-t-know-i-went-on-realizing-what-i-was/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“Acceptance is the answer to all my problemskey to all my problems today.When I am distrubed, it is because I find some person, place,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/acceptance-is-the-answer-to-all-my-problemskey-to-all-my-problems/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“It’s like a man standing on a bridge in the middle of a river with his pants on fire wondering why his pants are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/it-s-like-a-man-standing-on-a-bridge-in-the-middle-of-a-river-with/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“But in the light of the new understanding that I have found in A.A., I have been able to interpret that defeat and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/but-in-the-light-of-the-new-understanding-that-i-have-found-in-a-a-i/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“I actually wanted a drink, besides feeling that I had to have a drink.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/i-actually-wanted-a-drink-besides-feeling-that-i-had-to-have-a-drink/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“When I got home in the evening, I drank at least half the fifth in front of the television set and watched reruns until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/when-i-got-home-in-the-evening-i-drank-at-least-half-the-fifth-in/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“I wondered how this misery would end. I was full of fear. I was afraid to tell others what I felt lest they would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/i-wondered-how-this-misery-would-end-i-was-full-of-fear-i-was-afraid/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“I tried everything. I moved a thousand miles away from home to Chicago and a new environment. I studied art; I desperately endeavored to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/i-tried-everything-i-moved-a-thousand-miles-away-from-home-to-chicago/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“Dishonest thinking, prejudice, ego, antagonism toward anyone and everyone who dares to cross him, vanity, and a critical attitude are character defects that gradually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/dishonest-thinking-prejudice-ego-antagonism-toward-anyone-and/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are liable to drink if we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/we-must-lose-our-fear-of-creditors-no-matter-how-far-we-have-to-go/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“So I continued spinning fantasies, and now alcohol fueled my dreams. I would make great discoveries, win the Nobel Prize in medicine and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/so-i-continued-spinning-fantasies-and-now-alcohol-fueled-my-dreams-i/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) > [“Above all, I am grateful to A.A. for my sobriety, which means so much to my family, friends, and business associates, because God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/above-all-i-am-grateful-to-a-a-for-my-sobriety-which-means-so-much-to/) [Alcoholics Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alcoholics-anonymous/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aa/alcoholics-anonymous/#itemlist", "name": "20 Aa Quotes By Alcoholics Anonymous", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I simply had to believe in a Spirit of the Universe, who knew neither time nor limitation.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alcoholics Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alcoholics-anonymous/i-simply-had-to-believe-in-a-spirit-of-the-universe-who-knew-neither/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_i-simply-had-to-believe-in-a-spirit-of-t_2310101.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_i-simply-had-to-believe-in-a-spirit-of-t_2310101.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41e/alcoholics-anonymous-4926_aa_i-simply-had-to-believe-in-a-spirit-of-t_2310101.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I simply had to believe in a Spirit of the Universe, who knew neither time nor limitation.” — Alcoholics Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“First of all, we had to quit playing God. 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