Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.

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.

True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.

In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.

Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity, or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine.

Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand the purpose and ultimate utility of pain

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