I am the creator of my own reality. When I [review my day], I know that I must stop judging others.
BILL W.Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me.
More Bill W. Quotes
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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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We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given to us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it.
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Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
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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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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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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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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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No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
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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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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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In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.
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The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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