Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.
BILL W.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.
More Bill W. Quotes
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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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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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When brimming with gratitude, one’s heartbeat must surely result in outgoing love, the finest emotion we can ever know.
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In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
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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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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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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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Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
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More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
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The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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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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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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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.
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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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