AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress. — Bill W.
We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves would restore us to sanity. — Bill W.
We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual. — Bill W.
The 12-step chocolate program: NEVER BE MORE THAN 12 STEPS AWAY FROM CHOCOLATE! — Terry Moore
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. — J. K. Rowling
Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking about our pain. — John Bradshaw
As an alcoholic, you have no appreciation for your wife or your children's feelings, but I'm making up for that now. I'm winning my children's trust back. — Maurice Gibb
Addiction - When you can give up something any time, as long as it's next Tuesday. — Nikki Sixx
I'm an addict, I'm addicted to success. Thankfully, there's no rehab for success. — Lil Wayne
Addiction is not just for bad people or scumbags - it's a universal disease. — River Phoenix
One key symptom of alcoholism is that the individual comes to need a drink for every mood-one to calm down, one to perk up, one to celebrate, one to deal with disappointment, and so on. — Phyllis A. Balch
I admire anyone who rids himself of an addiction. — Gene Tierney
An alcoholic is someone you don't like who drinks as much as you do. — Dylan Thomas
To be alive is to be addicted, and to be alive and addicted is to stand in need of grace. — Gerald May
The attitude of unconditional self-acceptance is probably the most important variable in their long-term recovery. — Albert Ellis
Aa Recovery Quotes
Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there. — David Bowie
Without memory, there is no healing. Without forgiveness, there is no future. — Desmond Tutu
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. — D. Elton Trueblood
I knew when I met you an adventure is going to happen.
Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are. — James Allen
When the student is ready the teacher will appear. — Lao Tzu
I see creative-writing classes as some sort of AA meeting. It is more of a support group for people who write than an actual course in which you learn writing skills. This support group is extremely important because there is something very lonely about writing. — Etgar Keret
I grew up around a lot of aggressive guys. My parents used to take me to AA meetings when I was very young. So I know aggression, I know insanity. — Shia LaBeouf
I went to one AA meeting and I got asked for an autograph. — Marilyn Manson
The point is, this is what happens when advertising and data collection is the dominant business mode. We are encouraged to be compulsive. It's not that we're terrible addicts who need to go to an AA meeting and get off our gadgets. — Astra Taylor
Have you ever been to an AA meeting? No wonder these people are alcoholics - I've never needed a drink more badly in my life. — Chelsea Handler
If you're going to drive a Hummer and buy carbon offsets, that's like getting drunk every night and getting into an AA meeting, throwing money in the basket, and leaving. — Ed Begley, Jr.
I hate alcoholics and AA (alcoholics anonymous). If you can't drink responsibly, don't drink at all. Don't go to meetings, whine about your character flaws and blame the fact that you are a sociopath on booze. — Roseanne Barr
One Saturday in 1984, I walked into my first AA meeting. I went regularly for six years and only stopped when I came to realize my underlying problem was not genuine alcoholism, but depression. — Jack Dee
Coffee, she'd discovered, was tied to all sorts of memories, different for each person. Sunday mornings, friendly get-togethers, a favorite grandfather long since gone, the AA meeting that saved their life. Coffee meant something to people. Most found their lives were miserable without it. Coffee was a lot like love that way. And because Rachel believed in love, she believed in coffee, too. — Sarah Addison Allen
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