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How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.

Bill W.

Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
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Alcoholic Exception Loneliness
When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
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Brimming Emotion Gratitude Outgoing
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.
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Choices Inspirational Recovery
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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Ourselves Perfection Possible Reasonable Simply
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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Decision Experience Help Lying Real Wisdom
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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Heart Person Probably Teacher Thank
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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Atheist Mean People
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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Grace Spiritual Suffering
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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Esteem Guilt Pride Self
No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can’t be made of it
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Calamity Crush Made
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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Adventure Men Moving
Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me.
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Around Choosing Happen Happening Responsibility
We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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Convince Desire Way
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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Ignorance Pain Years
No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.
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Accept Experience Members Reject
If more gifts are to be received, our awakening has to go on. As it does go on, we find that bit by bit we can discard the old life – the one that did not work – for a new life that can and does work under any conditions whatever.
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Awakening New One Received Work

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