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“ As individuals,
we can and should work
with those that promise
success –
even a little success.”
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As Bill Sees It p 147
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Don’t prejudge, that is the job of a Higher Power.
Never forget the paradox, I cannot keep my sobriety,
unless I give it away, but, don’t waste your time.
Work with those who want it, who promise
to go to any lengths to achieve sobriety.
The First Step is the best judge.
Today, protect your sobriety,
work with another drunk.
Recovery is to work with those who show promise.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“The prideful righteousness
of “good people” may often
be just as destructive as
the glaring sins of those
who are supposedly
not so good.”
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As Bill Sees It p 107
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A swelled head can only block the view
of those coming into the rooms behind us.
Humility and gratitude will keep us sober.
Be yourself, everyone else has already been taken.
Today, be good, but not so good that
“prideful righteousness” will distort the reality
that you may see in yourself or others.
Recovery is to avoid prideful righteousness.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“When we consult
an A.A. friend,
we should not be
reluctant to remind him
of our need for
full privacy.”
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As Bill Sees It p 102
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Among many reasons, the negative stigma currently held
by society regarding alcoholics and alcoholism is a good reason
for the fellowship to protect its anonymity.
Each individual has their own reason for the degree of anonymity
that they desire and it is the responsibility for the fellowship
to respect their wishes.
Today, don’t hesitate to establish your boundaries.
Recovery is to respect the privacy of the fellowship.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“This is why A.A.’s Twelfth Step
urges that we ‘practice these
principles in all our affairs.’
We are not living just
to be sober, we are living
to learn, to serve and to love.”
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As Bill Sees It p 95
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Stopping the drink was the easy part.
God did for me what I could not do for myself.
Learning to grow up, be responsible emotionally,
to learn, to serve, to love, is the really hard part.
Still not there ? ? ? , progress, not perfection.
Recovery is to learn, to serve and to love.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“As the book
‘Alcoholics Anonymous’
puts it, Resentment
is the Number One
offender.”
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As Bill Sees It p 98
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Want to avoid resentments,
become a hermit.
Otherwise, living a normal life we will
always have those moments when God
or some stupid person will make something happen,
or say something that will offend you.
Today, forgive and forget and remember
nine out of ten times that God or the person
you are holding a resentment against
doesn’t even know it or even care.
Recovery is to avoid a resentment.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“Change is the
characteristic
of all growth.
From drinking
to sobriety, . . .
— all this and
infinitely more
represent change for the better.”
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As Bill Sees It p 76
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For starters, not drinking may be change enough.
People, places and things will be the next challenge.
Just keep going to those meetings, not drinking,
following a few suggestions and eventually
you will see the changes you have made in the
way friends and family interact with you.
Accept the better.
Recovery is changing for the better.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power
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“Fortunately,
A.A. is constructed
so that we need not
debate the existence
of God, but for best
results, most of us
must depend upon a Higher Power.”
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As Bill Sees It p 73
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Change, what used to be the good old bar room
debate, God or no God, now becomes, for the
recovering alcoholics, a decision to accept or
not accept a Power greater than himself.
However, The Big Book does suggest that
relying on a Higher Power, not will power,
is the easier and softer way to achieving and maintaining
a happy, joyous and free recovery.
Recovery is not having to debate the existence of God.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power
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