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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.

Bill W.

How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
BILL W.

Dark Dawn Reality
The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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Enemy Permanent Temporary
AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.
BILL W.

Grace Spiritual Suffering
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.
BILL W.

Dimension Happiness Incredibly Passes Wonderful
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.
BILL W.

Ourselves Perfection Possible Reasonable Simply
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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Double Extreme Perfection Reflection Relative Somewhere
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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Circles Men Simple
No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
BILL W.

Heart Responsibility Teacher
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
BILL W.

Meditation Prayer Rewards
I am the creator of my own reality. When I [review my day], I know that I must stop judging others.
BILL W.

Creator Judge Others Review
No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.
BILL W.

Accept Experience Members Reject
More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
BILL W.

Actors Double Life People
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.
BILL W.

Alcohol Believe Sanity
Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
BILL W.

Honesty Tolerance Way
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.
BILL W.

Choices Inspirational Recovery
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.
BILL W.

Ambition Grace Profound

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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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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