"Hi, I'm ________ and I'm an alcoholic"
"Hi _______"
"I quit my job today"
[meeting bursts into cheers and laughter]
"Do not speak a spiritual language that your life is not a reflection of."
"'I'll figure something out' is NOT one of our sayings."
"I realized that if I wanted to feel loved, maybe everyone else wanted to feel the same way."
"Don't worry what comes first, the chicken or the egg. If you've got an egg, eat it. If you've got a chicken, eat it."
"The difference between me and God is that when God wakes up in the morning, he doesn't wish he was me."
"Always walk with your head up and with grace, even when you're in the wrong. Move forward."
"Life sucks better sober."
"There are three times you need to go to a meeting: when you want to, when you don't want to, and 8:00."
"Acceptance is not approval."
"This old timer at a speaker meeting once said that there are really only three things you need to do to get sober and stay sober and have a good life: 1) Show up. 2) Pay attention. 3) Tell the truth."
"There was an eight-ball of cocaine at the bottom of every bottle of Miller Light I ever drank."
