More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
BILL W.AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.
More Bill W. Quotes
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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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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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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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No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
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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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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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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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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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When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
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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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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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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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In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
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Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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