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Opinions vary considerably as to why the ­#alcoholic reacts differently from normal people. We are not sure why, once a certain point is reached, little can be done for them. We cannot answer the riddle.#AA

This should suggest a useful program for anyone concerned with a drinking problem. #AA #Chapter2

There exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful. #AlcoholicsAnonymous

My dreams had long since faded, my direction was unclear, my confidence lost, and the drinking would not restore them as it once had. #BigBookStories

True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the deep desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God. #AA #12and12

As time passed we found that with the help of #AA’s #TwelveSteps we could lose those fears, no matter what our material prospects were.

We have learned that the satisfaction of instincts cannot be the sole end and aim of our lives. #AA

Can we find a new joy of living in trying to do something about all these things? #Step12 #Recovery

When the #12thStep is seen in its full implication, it is really talking about the kind of love that has no price tag on it. #Recovery

We also fall into another similar temptation. We form ideas as to what we think God’s will is for other people. #AA #12and12

In #meditation, debate has no place. We rest quietly with the thoughts of someone who knows, so that we may experience and learn.

We need not be discouraged when we fall into the error of our old ways, for these disciplines are not easy. #12and12 #Recovery

The generous response of most people to such quiet sincerity will often astonish us. Even our severest and most justified critics will frequently meet us more than halfway on the first trial. #Amends #AA

What happens when we wallow in depression, self-pity oozing from every pore, and inflict that upon those about us? #Step8 #Amends

Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, no peace was to be had unless we could find a means of reducing these demands. #AA #12and12

Drinking became a major part of my life and I thought it was normal. Then came the violence, the fighting, the illegal acts, and the image of “the tough guy.” #BigBookStories #Alcoholism

Alcohol would take it away for a while, but the remorse always returned. #Alcoholism #AA

I am grateful that a drunk like me was fortunate enough to live until I arrived in #AlcoholicsAnonymous

Along the way I learned, in spite of myself, that the best thing about #AA service jobs is that, for a period of time, I got out of myself. #Service #Recovery

What I’ve learned is that it doesn’t matter what hardships and losses I’ve endured in #sobriety, I have not had to go back to drinking. #BigBookStories