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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.

Bill W.

In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.
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Humility Inspirational Recovery
Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity, or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine.
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Brain Race Sunshine
The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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Enemy Permanent Temporary
No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can’t be made of it
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Calamity Crush Made
I am the creator of my own reality. When I [review my day], I know that I must stop judging others.
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Creator Judge Others Review
Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.
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Esteem Guilt Pride Self
AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.
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Grace Spiritual Suffering
I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.
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Movement Pupils Teacher
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.
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Awakening New One Received Work
Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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Alcohol Believe Humor
More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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Actors Double Life People
When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
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Brimming Emotion Gratitude Outgoing
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.
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Circles Men Simple
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.
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Attitude Effort Miracle
Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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Decision Passing Wisdom
Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me.
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Around Choosing Happen Happening Responsibility

We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.

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