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“If you think you are an atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic, or have any other form of intellectual pride which keeps you from accepting what is in this book, I feel sorry for you. If you still think you are strong enough to beat the game alone, that is your affair. But if you really [...]
Continue Reading →“I spend a great deal of time passing on what I learned to others who want and need it badly. I do it for four reasons:
Sense of duty. It is a pleasure. Because in doing so I am paying my debt to the man who took time to pass it on to me. Because [...]
Continue Reading →Of far more importance was the fact that he was the first living human with whom I had ever talked, who knew what he was talking about in regards to alcoholism from actual experience.”
“Doctor Bob’s nightmare”, The Big Book. Reprinted with permission of AA World Service, Inc.
Continue Reading →“There is no more aloneness, with that awful ache, so deep in the heart of every alcoholic that nothing, before, could ever reach it. That ache is gone and never need return again.
Now there is a sense of belonging, of being wanted and needed and loved. In return for a bottle and a hangover, [...]
Continue Reading →“I try to live our program as it has been outlined to me, one day at the time. I try to live today so that tomorrow I won’t be ashamed when I wake up in the morning. In the old days I hated to wake up and look back at what last night had been [...]
Continue Reading →“Since I gave my will over to AA, whatever AA has wanted of me I’ve tried to the best of my ability. When I’m asked to go out on a call, I go. I’m not going; AA is leading me there. AA gives us alcoholics direction into a way of life without the need for [...]
Continue Reading →“What is this power that AA possesses? This curative power? I don’t know what it is. I suppose the doctor might say, “This is psychosomatic medicine.” I suppose the psychiatrist might say, “This is benevolent interpersonal relations.” I suppose others would say, “This is group psychoteraphy.” To me it is God.
“Physican, heal thyself!”, The [...]
Continue Reading →“Growing up in AA I have been blessed with children who have never seen their mother drunk. I have a husband who loves me simply because I am, and I have gained the respect of my family. What more could a broken-down drunk ask for? Lord knows it is more than I ever thought possible, [...]
Continue Reading →“But just as material losses are not necessary to indicate alcoholism, material gains are not the true indications of sobriety. The real rewards aren’t material in nature. I have friends now because I know how to be a friend and I know how to nurture and encourage valuable friendships. Instead of the prolonged one-night stands [...]
Continue Reading →“So, here I am, sober, successful and serene. Just a few of the gifts of the program of surrendering, suiting up, and showing upfor life every day. Good days and bad days, reality is a wild ride, and I wouldn’t miss it for the world. I don’t question how this program works. I trust in [...]
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