The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
BILL W.We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.
More Bill W. Quotes
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I was not an atheist. Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the strange proposition that this universe originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes nowhere.
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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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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
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Is sobriety all that we are to expect of a spiritual awakening? No, sobriety is only a bare beginning; it is only the first gift of the first awakening.
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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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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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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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We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.
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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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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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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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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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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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