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This is the Great Fact for us.

On May 8, 2010 By

“Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We realize we know only little. God will constantly disclose more to you and 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 [...]

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The Road of Happy Destiny.

On May 8, 2010 By

“Abandon yourself to God as you understand God. Admit your 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 [...]

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To me it is God.

On May 8, 2010 By

“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 [...]

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The Serenity Prayer.

On February 16, 2010 By

God grant me
the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
the Courage to change the things I can,
and the Wisdom to know the difference;

Living one day at a time;
Accepting hardship as a pathway to peace;
Taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is,
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Bill Wilson’s spiritual experience.

On December 30, 2009 By

In December 1934, I appeared at Towns Hospital, New York. My old friend, Dr. William Silkworth shook his head. Soon free of my sedation and alcohol I felt horribly depressed. My friend Ebby turned up and although glad to see him, I shrank a little as I feared evangelism, but nothing of the sort happened. [...]

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Step Three.

On December 3, 2009 By

Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.

“Practicing Step Three is like the opening of a door which to all appearances is still closed and locked. All we need is a key, and the decision to swing the door open. There is [...]

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Prayer of Saint Francis.

On November 25, 2009 By

Lord, make me a channel of thy peace;

that where there is hatred, I may bring love;
that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness;
that where there is discord, I may bring harmony;
that where there is error, I may bring truth;
that where there is [...]

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Once more.

On November 25, 2009 By

“Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental against the first drink. Except in a few rear cases, neither he or any other human being can provide such a defense. His defens must come from a Higher Power.

Reprinted from The Big Book, Page 43, with permission of AA World Service, Inc.

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Hold your face to the light.

On November 23, 2009 By

One Sunday in October, during my morning meditation, I glanced out the window at the ash tree in our front yard. At once I was overwhelmed by its magnificent, golden color! As I stared in awe at God’s work of art, the leaves began to fall and, within minutes, the branches were bare. Sadness came [...]

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A classical prayer.

On November 21, 2009 By

Lord, make me a channel/or thy peace—that where there is hatred, I may bring love—that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness—that where there is discord, I may bring harmony—that where there is error, I may bring truth—that where there is doubt, I may bring faith—that where there is despair, I [...]

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