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"Actually we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental idea of God. It may be obscured by calamity, by pomp, by worship of other things, but in some...
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"...the actual or potential alcoholic, with hardly an exception, will be absolutely unable to stop drinking on the basis of self-knowledge." p.39
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Hmmmm...who knew? Not me, apparently. I was a bit of a self-help princess. I figured if self-help books could teach me how to redecorate, do yoga or learn Spanish, then surely self-help and...
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If I don't take the first drink I can't get drunk. Knowing that is absolutely worthless if I am powerless over alcohol. (a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our ...Read More
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"I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost." p. 13
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Some of us have tried to hold on to our old ideas and the result was nil until we let go absolutely. p58
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"Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover." p.135
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I love some of the reading in "The Family Afterwards" in the big book. Parts of it make me laugh aloud, particularly where the book conjures up images of father becoming saintly and the rest of the...
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"As we became subjects of King Alcohol, shivering denizens of his mad realm, the chilling vapor that is loneliness settled down. It thickened, ever becoming blacker." p.151
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"What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us or, if you prefer, 'a design for living' that really works." p.28
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I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost." p. 13
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"Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children." p.62
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"Burn the idea into the consciousness of every man that he can get well regardless of anyone. The only condition is that he trust in God and clean house." p.98
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"...why shouldn't we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power to help others." p.132
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Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order. But obviously you cannot transmit something you haven't...
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"We feel that elimination of our drinking is but a beginning. A much more important demonstration of our principles lies before us in our respective homes, occupations and affairs." p.18
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"...there are no fees to pay, no axes to grind, no people to please, no lectures to be endured-these are the conditions we have found most effective." [when approaching an alcoholic] p.18
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Next, we decided that hereafter in this drama of life, God was going to be our Director. He is the Principal; we are His agents. He is the Father, and we are His children." p.62
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