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.
More Bill W. Quotes
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In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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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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You are asking yourself, as all of us must: ‘Who am I?’ . . . ‘Where am I?’ . . . ‘Whence do I go?’ The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But, in the end, our seeking always brings a finding. These great mysteries are, after all, enshrined in complete simplicity.
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Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
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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.
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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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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
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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.
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We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves would restore us to sanity.
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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.
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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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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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The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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