March 1

"If I want to be of some use to someone (my family, my employer, my community) then I can be a leader by becoming a servant. This is one of those crazy paradoxes we find all over the AA program: being a servant to be a leader."

Humbolt, Saskatchewan, February 1996
"I Wish You Well"
AA Grapevine

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March 2

"I started to understand that while I didn't believe in churches, I had to see that something or someone was working in my life that hadn't been there before."

Beginners' Book

Naples, Italy, January 1994
"Get With the Program"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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March 3

"Ever deepening humility, accompanied by an ever greater willingness to accept and to act upon clear obligations -- these are truly our touchstones for all growth in the life of the spirit."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1966
"The Guidance of AA's World Affairs"
The Language of the Heart

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March 4

"Alcoholics have short memories."

Beginners' Book

Paradise, Calif., October 2003
"'How It Works Works for Me"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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March 5

"I still don't have answers for all the eternal questions, like why bad things happen to good people, or why babies die. But I have found that life works better when I focus more on how I am contributing to God's world than musing about what he is or is not doing in mine."

Woodinville, Wash., November 2013
"The Scoop"
AA Grapevine

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March 6

"Today, my short version of the Third Step is this: Keep taking care of me, Lord, because I appreciate it now."

Berrien Springs, Mich., April 1991
"Dear God: Keep Coming Back"
AA Grapevine

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March 7

"AA gives us a Ph.D. in life and a black belt in common sense."

Beginners' Book

Keego Harbor, Mich., June 1998
"Paradoxes of Sobriety"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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March 9

"If there are challenges to be met today, I remember other days when what seemed impossible was made possible."

Beginners' Book

Huntington, W.V., August 2006
"Never Sober Today Before"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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As the old saying goes, "Put a tiger in your tank."

March 11

"I have come to believe that my drinking insanity is only one form of the craziness to which we AAs are prone. I call it Insanity A. Insanity B is finding out what works for you -- and then not doing it."

Beginners' Book

Prague, Czechoslovakia, February 2005
"Insanity B"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

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March 14

"My heart sings with each new day."

Cleveland, Ohio, February 1993
"Facing the Truth"
AA Grapevine

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March 15

"Each AA has been an individual who, because of his alcoholism, could seldom govern himself. Nor could any other human being govern the alcoholic's obsession to drink, his drive to have things his own way ... Yet we alcoholics can be led, we can be inspired."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1947
"Will AA Ever Have a Personal Government?"
The Language of the Heart

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