To give up power to change for the better is inherently distasteful to everyone, and to force people to affirm that they are addicts or alcoholics so they can speak in a meeting is shameful and demoralizing.

You are not alone in your quest to be who you want and have what you want.

Stress comes from the way you relate to events or situations.

The answers are never 'out there. ' All the answers are 'in there, ' inside you, waiting to be discovered.

A computer cannot manufacture new information. That's the difference between our brain and a computer.

Every person in the AA program who's successful is living proof that he or she does have power over addictive drugs and alcohol- the power to stop.

I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again.