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We must believe the things we teach our children. —Woodrow Wilson— It may be easy to say the words and phrases we’ve heard without really meaning them. Someone says something at a meeting that sounds good. Our counselor has a favorite saying. We may say these words, but are we taking the time to ask […]
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We got a kick out of the first few drinks, before we got stupefied by alcohol. For a while, the world seemed to look brighter. But how about the letdown, the terrible depression that comes the morning after? In A.A., we get a real kick, not a false feeling of exhilaration, but a real feeling […]
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RESCUED BY SURRENDERING Characteristic of the so-called typical alcoholic is a narcissistic egocentric core, dominated by feelings of omnipotence, intent on maintaining at all costs its inner integrity…. Inwardly the alcoholic brooks no control from man or God. He, the alcoholic, is and must be the master of his destiny. He will fight to the […]
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GOAL: SANITY “…Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I can’t say upon what occasion or on what day I came to believe in a power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now.” TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 27 “Came to believe!” I gave lip service to […]
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You were there when I needed you. You stood above all of the others with your strength and you guided me. To each of you I offer my being, my love and all that I am. —Deidra Sarault— Each of us is guided while we act as guides to one another, throughout the day, throughout […]
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When we think about having a drink, we’re thinking of the kick we get out of drinking, the pleasure, the escape from boredom, the feeling of self-importance and the companionship of other drinkers. What we don’t think of is the letdown, the hangover, the remorse, the waste of money, and the facing of another day. […]
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You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you havea right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. —Max Ehmann— There is a patterned sequence to the events surrounding us, attracting our attention, inviting […]
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Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity. —Step Two— The Second Step directs us to believe there is hope for us. It may take time to believe this. Many of us had given up hope. But look around. Hope fills our meeting rooms. We are surrounded by miracles. […]
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Drinking cuts you off from God. No matter how you were brought up, no matter what your religion is, no matter if you say you believe in God, nevertheless you build up a wall between you and God by your drinking. You know you’re not living the way God wants you to. As a result, […]
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Woman must not accept; she must challenge. She must not be awed by that which has been built up around her; she must reverence that woman in her which struggles for expression. –Margaret Sanger Our desire to grow, to make a place for ourselves in the world of our friends, to know that we have […]