More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor
BILL W.Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
More Bill W. Quotes
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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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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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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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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 demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.
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Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.
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Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.
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The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
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No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
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True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.
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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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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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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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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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How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch.
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