- “Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.”
by Bill W - “It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for membership. No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.”
by Bill W - “We talked of intolerance, while we were intolerant ourselves.”
by Bill W - “Our liquor was but a symptom. So we had to get down to causes and conditions.”
by Bill W - “Selfishness, self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate.”
by Bill W - “Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.”
by Carl Jung - “The most dangerous things in the world are immense accumulations of human beings who are manipulated by only a few heads.”
by Carl Jung - “We are not what happened to us, we are what we wish to become.”
by Carl Jung - “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
by Carl Jung - “We don't really heal anything; we simply let it go.”
by Carl Jung
It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for membership. No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them by Bill W.