Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
BILL W.No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can’t be made of it
More Bill W. Quotes
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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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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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No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can’t be made of it
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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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How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
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No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
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The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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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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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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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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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 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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Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
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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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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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Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
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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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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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