No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
BILL W.No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
More Bill W. Quotes
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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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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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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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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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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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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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In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
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Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
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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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I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.
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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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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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The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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