How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
BILL W.How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
BILL W.No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
BILL W.The real question is whether we can learn anything from our experiences upon which we may grow and help others to grow in the likeness and image of God.
BILL W.When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
BILL W.No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.
BILL W.No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can’t be made of it
BILL W.Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
BILL W.We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.
BILL W.Apparently, the course of relative humility and progress will have to lie somewhere between these extremes. In our slow progress away from rebellion, true perfection is doubtless several millennia away
BILL W.If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life – the one that did not work – for a new life that can and does work under any conditions whatever.
BILL W.If I judge others, I am probably judging myself. Whoever is upsetting me most is my best teacher. I have much to learn from him or her, and in my hearts, I should thank that person.
BILL W.We know that if we rebel against doing that which is reasonably possible for us, then we will be penalized. And we will be equally penalized if we presume in ourselves a perfection that simply is not there.
BILL W.More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
BILL W.Each day my friend’s simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
BILL W.We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given to us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it.
BILL W.Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.
BILL W.