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.

Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.

More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor

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

Pain is the touchstone of all growth

Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.

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