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.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.
More Bill W. Quotes
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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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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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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
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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.
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I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.
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True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.
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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can’t be made of it
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How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
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Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
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No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
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Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
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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.
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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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