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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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Yet if A.A.'s experience means anything at all, this is not only unwise, but is actually a perilous resolve.
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There was actually a time when
the press of America thought the anonymity of A.A. was better for us than some of
our own members did.
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And the facts seem to be these:
The more we become willing to depend upon a Higher Power, the more independent we actually are.
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When the broker returned
to New York in the fall of 1935, the first A.A. group had actually been formed, though no one realized it at the time.
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Many an A.A., once agnostic or atheistic, tells us that it
was during this stage of Step Five that he first actually felt the presence of God.
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These give a fair cross section of our membership and a clear-cut idea of what has actually happened in their lives.
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We could actually have earnest religious beliefs which remained barren because we were still trying to play God ourselves.
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At the time of these occurrences, they may actually have given our emotions violent twists which have since discolored our personalities and altered our lives for the worse.
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Finally, we begin to see that all people, including ourselves, are
to some extent emotionally ill as well as frequently wrong, and then we approach true tolerance and see what real love for our fellows actually means.
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Unless they actually need protection from their father, it is best not to take sides in any argument he has with them while drinking.
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I well remember the shock I received when a prominent doctor in Chicago told me of cases where pressure of the spinal fluid actually ruptured the brain.
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Until we actually sit down and talk aloud about what we have so
long hidden, our willingness to clean house is still largely theoretical.
21.
Nowadays, when oldtimers who know Ed foregather, they exclaim, "What if we had actually succeeded in throwing Ed out for blasphemy?
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In a perverse way we can
actually take satisfaction from the fact
that many people annoy us, for it brings a comfortable feeling of superiority.
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It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities;
that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.
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It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities;
that we are actually to practice a genuine humility.
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But the prospect of actually
visiting or even writing the people concerned now overwhelmed us, especially when we remembered in what poor favor we stood with most of them.
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Actually we were fooling ourselves, for deep down in every man, woman, and child, is the fundamental
idea of God.
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This brave philosophy, wherein each man plays God, sounds good in the speaking, but it still has to meet the acid test: how well does it actually work?
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