We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.

Pain is the touchstone of all growth

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 aimlessly rushes nowhere.

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

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.

How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch. I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.