Big Book Daily

A continuous look at our assets and liabilities, and a real desire to learn and grow by this means, are necessities for us. #AA #Step10

We shall want to hold ourselves to the course of admitting the things we have done, meanwhile forgiving the wrongs done us. #AA #Amends

Some day we hope that #AlcoholicsAnonymous will help the public to a better realization of the gravity of the alcoholic problem, but we shall be of little use if our attitude is one of bitterness or hostility. #AA #BigBook

A spirit of intolerance might repel #alcoholics whose lives could have been saved, had it not been for such stupidity. #AA

If the #alcoholic tries to shield himself he may succeed for a time, but he usually winds up with a bigger explosion than ever. #AA #BigBook

When we look back, we ­realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God’s hands were better than anything we could have planned. #HigherPower #AA

To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action. #AA #Recovery

To watch people ­recover, to see them help others, to watch loneliness vanish, to see a fellowship grow up about you, to have a host of friends—this is an experience you must not miss. #Recovery #AA

We are neither cocky nor are we afraid. That is our ­experience. That is how we react so long as we keep in fit spiritual condition. #Alcoholism #BigBook

Let’s look at #Step8 and #Step9. We have a list of all persons we have harmed and to whom we are willing to make amends. We made it when we took inventory. #AlcoholicsAnonymous

Rightly and naturally, we think well before we choose the person or persons with whom to take this intimate and confidential step. #Sponsor #AA

We never apologize to anyone for depending upon our Creator. We can laugh at those who think #spirituality the way of weakness. Paradoxically, it is the way of strength. #RecoveryIsPossible

It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. #Alcoholism #BigBook

Most good ideas are simple, and this concept was the keystone of the new and triumphant arch through which we passed to freedom. #BigBook #HigherPower

When we saw others solve their problems by a ­simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. #AA #HigherPower

Do not let any prejudice you may have against ­spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. #Recovery

Until now, our lives have been largely devoted to running from pain and problems. We fled from them as from a plague. #BigBook

Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical. #Sponsor #AA

Scarcely any step is more necessary to longtime sobriety and peace of mind than this one. #Step5 #BigBook

My old manner of life was by no means a bad one, but I would not exchange its best moments for the worst I have now. I would not go back to it even if I could. #Recovery #BigBook