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.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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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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How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
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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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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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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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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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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
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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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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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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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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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Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity, or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine.
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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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