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When you want to be something, it means you really love it. —Andy Warhol… At times, we turned to chemicals because we couldn’t love ourselves. Our addiction gave a promise of relief, but it gave us self-hate. We wanted to love, but couldn’t. What is it we really love ? Where should we put out […]
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I too am born and grown to be this thing only; to be Anna in the world. —Anna Rydstedt Dannstedt— In all the world there is no one like you or no one like me.Even identical twin are not wholly alike. The sum of genetic information, experience, learning, desire, and memory that makes up each […]
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The A.A. program is one of faith, hope, and charity. It’s a program of hope because when new members come into A.A., the first thing they get is hope. They hear older members tell how they had been through the same kind of hell that they have and how they found the way out through […]
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I’m as pure as the driven slush. —Tallulad Bankhead— The Steps are filled with words and phrases like shortcomings, exact nature of our wrongs, persons we had harmed, and when we were wrong. The Steps help us accept all parts of who we are. Our program asks us to share these parts of ourselves with […]
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GROUP AUTONOMY Some may think that we have carried the principle of group autonomy to extremes. For example, in its original “long form,” Tradition Four declares: “Any two or three gathered together for sobriety may call themselves an A.A. group, provided that as a group they have no other affiliation.” . . . . But […]
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Love between two people is such a precious thing. It is not a possession. I no longer need to possess to complete myself. True love becomes my freedom. —Angela L. Wozniak… Self-doubt fosters possessiveness. When we lack confidence in our own capabilities, when we fear we don’t measure up as women, mothers, lovers, employees, we […]
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. . . suffering . . . no matter how multiplied . . . is always individual. —Anne Morrow Lindbergh— Knowing that others have survived experiences equally devastating gives us hope, but it doesn’t diminish our own personal suffering. Nor should it; out of suffering comes new understanding. Suffering also encourages our appreciation of the […]
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We’re so glad to be free from liquor that we do something about it. We get into action. We come to meetings regularly. We go out and try to help other alcoholics. We pass on the good news whenever we get a chance. In a spirit of thankfulness to God, we get into action. The […]
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A soft answer turneth away wrath but grievous words stir up anger. —Proverbs— Our treatment of others in the home, at work or at play is our invitation for similar treatment. In fact, our every action, be it overt or covert, is noted by someone. We are always teaching someone how to treat us. Anger […]
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TWO “MAGNIFICENT STANDARDS” All A.A. progress can be reckoned in terms of just two words: humility and responsibility. Our whole spiritual development can be accurately measured by our degree of adherence to these magnificent standards.AS BILL SEES IT, p. 271 …To acknowledge and respect the views, accomplishments and prerogatives of others and to accept being […]