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"The aim of the alcoholic is to control and enjoy his drinking."
"We are people who would not normally mix."
"A.A. is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other."
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions."
"We stand ready to take the 12 steps with anyone who is willing."
"The greatest gift is the gift of sobriety."
"Hope is a thing that is seen as being impossible."
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"We learned that we had to change, whether we wanted to or not; we could not remain the same."
"If you want to drink that's your business; if you want to stop, we can help."
"There is no such thing as a hopeless case; for a long time I thought I was one."
"The path of sobriety is paved with understanding and empathy."
"We had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or he is nothing."
"Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path."
"Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete abandon."
"If you want what we have and are willing to go to any length to get it, then you are ready to take certain steps."
"We did not come to be a mere moral code; we came to the conclusion that we could not stand on our own and that we must turn to God."
"Let go and let God."
"We are people who normally would not mixed, but there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful."
"We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it."
"When we look back, we realize that the places we got stuck were often the places where we were most afraid."
"Though we cannot control the world, we can control our response to it."
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"Fear is the wrong response; acceptance is the right response."
"It is only through the repeated experience of admission, acceptance, and eventual transformation that we achieve true sobriety."
"We see that we have solved the problem. We can now face life on life’s terms."
"A spiritual awakening is the result of a Step Three decision."
"Our Primary Purpose is to help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety."
"We are willing to make amends wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."
"As we felt new power flow in, we embraced the spirit of the program."
"Motives change and evolve as we work this program; they come from self and move towards connection."
"We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us."
"The great fact is just this, nothing happens in the world without a reason and a chain of events that leads up to it."
"Remember that we are not a glum lot; we absolutely insist on enjoying life!"
"To have a change of heart means we are accepting that nothing will change unless we first change ourselves."
"The moment we truly turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understand Him, our lives begin to change."
"We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character."
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"We are not a glum lot. We absolutely insist on enjoying life."
"The great fact is just this and nothing less: that we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences."
"Life will take on new meaning. To watch people recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see people become part of the community, to have a host of friends—this is an experience you must not miss."
"In the long run, we get no better than we deserve."
"Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety."
"The moments of clarity that we experience when sober help us to build our faith in ourselves and in a higher power."
"Acceptance is the answer to all my problems today."
"If I don’t want to drink today, I don’t have to drink today."
"Letting go is a sign of strength, not weakness."
"You can't think your way into right living; you live your way into right thinking."
"The spiritual path is about letting go of the past and living fully in the present."
"An attitude of gratitude brings opportunities to grow and change."
"Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs."
"Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character."
"Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings."
"Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all."
"To practice these principles in all our affairs."
"The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking."
"Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics achieve sobriety."
"We are not a glum lot. We are full of light, joy, and happiness."
"We can only keep what we have by giving it away."
"We are not saints. The point is that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines."
"Step on the toes of your friends, and they will make you a saint."
"It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?"
"The greatest challenge of life is to find someone who knows our worth."
"Our lives, as we used to live them, are not worth living."
"Pain is the touchstone of all spiritual growth."
"We are only as sick as our secrets."
"The paradox of recovery is that what you give away, you keep."
"The more we give, the more we receive."
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable."
"Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity."
"Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him."
"We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."
"I humbly asked Him to remove my shortcomings."
"Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all."
"Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others."
"Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."
"Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him."
"Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics."
"Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all our traditions, ever reminding us to place principles before personalities."
"This is not a religious program; it is a spiritual program."
"The primary purpose of A.A. is to help the alcoholic who still suffers."
"We are all in this together, and we will get through it together."
"Though he may be sober for months or years, he cannot become a true member of the A.A. fellowship until he has made this personal decision to turn his will and life over to the care of God."
"Our very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our constant thought of others and how we may help meet their needs."
"We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame."
"We have to continually look for the development of this humility."
"The only requirement for A.A. membership is a desire to stop drinking."
"I’ve learned that I’m responsible for my life, my happiness, and my serenity."
"Practice these principles in all our affairs."
"Step by step, we are on our way to a better life."
"By this time, our best to make amends is to help ourselves and the people we harm."
"More than alcohol, we were addicted to the sullenness of our resentment."
"We cannot change the past, but we can take steps to change our future."
"Help is only a phone call, a meeting, or a prayer away."
"It’s never too late to turn your life around."
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