In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
BILL W.Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
More Bill W. Quotes
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When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
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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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No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can’t be made of it
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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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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 am the creator of my own reality. When I [review my day], I know that I must stop judging others.
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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
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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
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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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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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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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How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
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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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Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
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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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Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
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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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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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Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
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No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.
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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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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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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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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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