Augusten Burroughs Quotes

Have you ever been to an AA meeting? No wonder these people are alcoholics - I've never needed a drink more badly in my life.

My spiritual system is 12-step programs. That's the only one I've ever had. I didn't have one before that.

That past is still within our living memory, a time when neighbour helped neighbour, sharing what little they had out of necessity, as well as decency.

My admiration for the phenomenon of Alcoholics Anonymous is boundless.

When I told the fans I was an alcoholic, they all applauded. When I told them I had given myself to a higher power, they cheered again.

I'm part of AA. I have a sponsor. I have great, great friends who I love and who love me.

If you ask me, I think 12-step programs are perfectly valid, can be an enormous help. But it depends on the individual.

I'm not a big AA guy, but I'll go every once in a while. They do tell you that going out and helping other people really helps you a lot. It seems like a simple thing to say, but it's really true.

The energy that a crowd gives you is so amazing and so fun because when the crowd's having fun, it makes us even more excited, and it feels like we're all having fun together. It's like a big party.

I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.

I had to sit down and explain to [her friend] that AA was for quitters

I formed a new group called Alcoholics-Unanimous. If you don't feel like a drink, you ring another member and he comes over to persuade you.

We always operated within a sense of community not just about the band. It's important to the way we define ourselves. It's the entire world in which we operate.

When people treat you well, you just want to transfer it back over.

I am so supportive of the guys I met on my 'Bachelorette' journey and wish them well. And I'm so glad for the support that some of the guys do show me.

Why is it a badge of honour to say you spent 15 years in AA ball?

The Star City community - because it's not a big city, actually; it's only 14 big houses, and everybody knows each other. It's like a small village, and I felt that somehow everybody wants to help me, especially during days when my father flew, and somehow care about me, and it was really great time, you know.

It's nice when you join another club that you know a couple of players.

Forming communities - even and especially ones based on strong loyalties and allegiances - is in our DNA. It's what's kept us alive for millions of years.

My favourite thing about the holiday season is to spend time with family and friends and to take time off to celebrate.

Only in community with others has each individual the means of cultivating his gifts in all directions; only in the community, therefore, is personal freedom possible.

I don't want to make a show about AA because it's a personal experience for anybody who is a part of that. My relationship with it has changed over the years, and I wanted the show to reflect that in a real way.

Everyone had coverage. You might have like three lines, but there were 10 people, so they would cover each person. Three lines could take 12 or 15 hours, but it was fun because everybody was together. As hard as it was to shoot those scenes, I always enjoyed when we were all together.

The essence of community, its heart and soul, is the non-monetary exchange of value; things we do and share because we care for others, and for the good of the place.

It is an emotion that makes us act as if for the good of the group; an emotion that brings pleasure, pride, or even thrills from coordinated group activity.