"The only psych wards I go in the past twelve and a half years is to take a meeting because I love psych wards!"
"The only psych wards I go in the past twelve and a half years is to take a meeting because I love psych wards!"
"The common denominator is they relied on a Power greater than themselves and continue to carry the message of what my drinking was like, what happened to me and what my life is like now."
"We're getting wiped out, man. There is a big wave of heroin epidemic in this country. It's huge and if I were to come into AA today there is a good chance I'd probably be an alcoholic and a heroin addict...Being ignorant and naive I would have done it."
"A functioning alcoholic is like a paraplegic lap dancer. You might think you're bumping and grinding but only in your mind."
"I give myself very bad advice sometimes."
"It is a bit much to ask a woman who has spent 30 years trying to hide her problem to get up here and tell all."
"The preposterous became palatable."
"I was burglarized and did not notice it for a few weeks."
"Children of alcoholics are pathetically cynical."
"The worst mistake you can make is to pay attention to the wrong people."
"I am not the greatest hero of emotional sobriety in the world."
"A.A.'s Twelve Steps are a group of principles, spiritual in their nature, which, if practiced as a way of life, can expel the obsession to drink and enable the sufferer to become happily and usefully whole."
"Where could I hide", I said, "so I could never find myself?"
"I know. I could pretend that I'm not me or you nor he."
"I'll hide in a story and believe that it's real."
"Oh boy! What a joke on me."