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.
BILL W.No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.
More Bill W. Quotes
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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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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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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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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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Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
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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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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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The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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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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Each day my friend’s simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
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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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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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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 have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.
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