When one alcoholic/addict shares with another alcoholic/addict

[MajestyJo]

October 1

"Keeping a Tenth Step journal about my day-to-day life, my relations with other people, and the stuff that still roiled around in my head helped me see patterns in my thoughts and behavior, which I could discuss with my sponsor. And once I began to sit quietly, reflect on what I'd written, and pray, I began to sleep peacefully for the first time in my life."


In Our Own Words

Manchester, N.H., March 2001
"Peace at Last,"
In Our Own Words: Stories of Young AAs in Recovery

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"We can always come up with a reason to drink. The secret is, how many reasons can we come up with to stay sober?"

No Matter What
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Topeka, Kan., July 2001

An Important Secret

No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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"The measure of my sobriety isn't the distance between now and the last drink -- the measure of my sobriety is the distance between now and the next drink."

No Matter What


White Rock, British Columbia, May 2005

"Life -- It Happens"

No Matter What: Dealing with Adversity in Sobriety

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October 4

"We AAs have had to learn that the kinds of freedom that we must possess cannot possibly be obtained by violence. As a Fellowship, we cannot fight anybody, anywhere or at any time. This has been proved. When we had directly attacked John Barleycorn, we had lost. Booze fighting had never worked. When we quarrel too much with each other, we get drunk."

Celebrating The Language of the Heart


AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1960

"Freedom Under God: