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Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.

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.
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Ourselves Perfection Possible Reasonable Simply
Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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Alcohol Believe Humor
Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
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Heart Language Suffering
We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small; as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can, if we will, learn from the experience.
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Choices Inspirational Recovery
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
The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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Enemy Permanent Temporary
Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me.
BILL W.

Around Choosing Happen Happening Responsibility
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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Alcohol Believe Sanity
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.
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Adventure Men Moving
I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.
BILL W.

Movement Pupils Teacher
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.
BILL W.

Asking End Enlightenment Simplicity
We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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Convince Desire Way
In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.
BILL W.

Humility Inspirational Recovery
How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
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Dark Dawn Reality
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.

Attitude Effort Miracle

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