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AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.

Bill W.

The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
BILL W.

Enemy Permanent Temporary
Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening.
BILL W.

Awakening Sobriety Spiritual
No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
BILL W.

Heart Responsibility Teacher
No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can’t be made of it
BILL W.

Calamity Crush Made
Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand the purpose and ultimate utility of pain
BILL W.

Ignorance Pain Years
Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
BILL W.

Alcoholic Exception Loneliness
I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.
BILL W.

Dimension Happiness Incredibly Passes Wonderful
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
BILL W.

Meditation Prayer Rewards
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.

Heart Person Probably Teacher Thank
Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
BILL W.

Heart Language Suffering
Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure.
BILL W.

Adventure Men Moving
I was not an atheist. Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the strange proposition that this universe originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes nowhere.
BILL W.

Atheist Mean People
In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
BILL W.

Alcoholics Spiritual Vision
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.

Decision Experience Help Lying Real Wisdom
I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.
BILL W.

Movement Pupils Teacher
Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity, or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine.
BILL W.

Brain Race Sunshine

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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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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