"We are people who normally would not mix. But there exists among us a fellowship, a friendliness, and an understandin…"

"But what about the real alcoholic? He may start off as a moderate drinker; he may or may not become a continuous hard…"

"There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortco…"

"The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, n…"

"Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do not recover are people who canno…"

"Half measures availed us nothing. We stood at the turning point. We asked His protection and care with complete aband…"

"We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines."

"Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clea…"

"Resentment is the number one offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else."

"The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it."