Serenity Prayer AA Preamble The 12 Steps The 12 Traditions The Promises

We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent onthe maintenance of our spiritual condition. Every day is a day when we must carry the vision of God's will into all of our activities. "How canI best serve Thee-Thy will (not mine) be done." These are thoughts which must go with us constantly.
Alcoholics Anonymous page 85

Declaration of Responsibility
I am resonsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to be there. And for that: I am responsible.
AA Grapevine

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing, or situation--some fact of my life--unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing, or situation as being exactly the way it is suppose to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes.
Alcoholics Anonymous page 449

Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only a little. God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven't got. See to it that your relationship with Him is right, and great events will come to pass for you and countless others. This is the Great Fact for us.
Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit you faults to Him and to your fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past. Give freely of what you find and join us. We shall be with you in the Fellowship of the Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny.
May God bless you and keep you--until then.
Alcoholics Anonymous page 164