ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS QUOTES FROM THE BIG BOOK

“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol – that our lives had become unmanageable.”

“More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. They are an actor. To the outer world a person appears to be completely normal. They work, they have a family, they do all the things that others do. But, deep inside, they know the truth. They know they are different. They know they cannot control their drinking.”

“We are people who normally would not mix. But there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful.”

“We have learned that we must live to sober good rather than to drunk evil.”

“Our real purpose is to fit ourselves to be of maximum service to God and the people about us.”

“The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense.”

“We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition.”

“We find that those who make progress in AA don’t hesitate to go to a doctor or a nurse for advice on diet and health.”

“There are those, too, who suffer from grave emotional and mental disorders, but many of them do recover if they have the capacity to be honest.”

“Alcohol, now become the rapist of our minds and bodies, punishes us relentlessly as we drink more.”

“We are people who normally would not mix. But there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understanding which is indescribably wonderful.”

“As we go through the day we pause, when agitated or doubtful, and ask for the right thought or action.”

“It is not enough to just stop drinking alcohol. We must as well find a new way to live if we are to be successful in our sobriety.”

“We are not convinced to stop drinking by our educated mind. We are convinced to stop drinking by our desperate heart.”

“Remember that we have hundreds of common problems. Resentment is the ‘number one’ offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else.” BIBLE QUOTE ABOUT CHILDREN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

“It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe.”

“We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed.”

“We have learned that whatever the human frailty – and the alcoholic’s are many – we do not punish but instead attempt to instruct and inform.”

“Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.”

“Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now.”

“I am responsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there.”

“Being convinced, we were at Step Three, which is that we decided to turn our will and our life over to God as we understood Him.”

“The central characteristic of an alcoholic is their inability to consistently predict that, once they start drinking, they will be unable to prevent themselves from continuing to drink until they are drunk.”

“Faith without works is dead. Step out in faith and take the actions necessary to achieve your sobriety.”

“I am responsible for myself and for my sobriety. No one else can do it for me.”

“We alcoholics are men and women who have lost the ability to control our drinking.”

“We have to work on ourselves. No one can do it for us.”

“We admitted we were powerless over alcohol, that our lives had become unmanageable. Our stories disclose in a general way what we used to be like, what happened, and what we are like now.”

“When we focus on the solution instead of the problem, miracles happen.”