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.How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
More Bill W. Quotes
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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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I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.
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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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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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For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
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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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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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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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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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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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We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
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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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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 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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Each day my friend’s simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
BILL W.