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.

The more you engage in any type of emotion or behavior, the greater your desire for it will become.

How you conduct yourself along the path that is your life determines how your life unfolds.

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

If you feel depressed for an hour, you've produced approximately eighteen billion new cells that have more receptors calling out for depressed-type peptides and fewer calling out for feel-good peptides.

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.

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