Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
BILL W.In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.
More Bill W. Quotes
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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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Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
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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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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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I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.
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In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
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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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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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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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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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Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
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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 matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
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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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