In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.
Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
The good is the enemy of the best.
Pain is the touchstone of all growth
You are asking yourself, as all of us must: 'Who am I?' . . . 'Where am I?' . . . 'Whence do I go?' The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But, in the end, our seeking always brings a finding. These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in complete simplicity.