Pain is the touchstone of all growth.

Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand the pu….

I was not an atheist. Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the strange proposition that this universe originated in a cipher and aiml….

We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given to us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of….

Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating….

We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired..

Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker..

No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively. Regardless of what is happening around me I will always hav….

In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics..

Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity, or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine..

AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress..

Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us..

The real question is whether we can learn anything from our experiences upon which we may grow and help others to grow in the likeness and image of G….

I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher..

Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others..

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..

Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision..

Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakeni….