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.In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
More Bill W. Quotes
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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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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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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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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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Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
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Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
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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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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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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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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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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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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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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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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.
BILL W.