Alcoholic Anonymous Quotes & Sayings

RIGOROUS HONESTY Who wishes to be rigorously honest and tolerant? Who wants to confess his faults to another and make restitution for harm done? Who cares anything about a Higher Power, let alone meditation and prayer? Who wants to sacrifice time and energy in trying to carry A.A.'s message to the next sufferer? No, the average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme, doesn't care for this prospect - unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself. TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 24 I am an alcoholic. If I drink I will die. My, what power, energy, and emotion this simple statement generates in me! But it's really all I need to know for today. Am I willing to stay alive today? Am I willing to stay sober today? Am I willing to ask for help and am I willing to be a help to another suffering alcoholic today? Have I discovered the fatal nature of my situation? What must I do, today, to stay sober? — Alcoholics Anonymous

Definition of an alcoholic is an egomaniac with an inferiority complex — Alcoholics Anonymous

If, when you honestly want to, you find you cannot quit entirely, or if when drinking, you have little control over the amount you take, you are probably alcoholic. — Alcoholics Anonymous

Today is officially my first day of becoming an alcoholic. And this drink is making my soda very good - actually, no, I take that back. It tastes like shit, but I'm going to drink it anyway. Want some? — Anonymous

Seriously," Ben said. "This guy sounds like an alcoholic Kermit the Frog with throat cancer — Anonymous