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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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Everyone became resigned to the certainty
that I would have to be shut up somewhere, or would stumble
along to a miserable end.
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Our basic troubles are the
same as everyone else's, but when an honest effort is made "to practice these principles
in all our affairs," well-grounded A.A.'s seem to have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.
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This will be a very different occasion, and in
sharp contrast with those hangover mornings when we alternated between reviling ourselves and blaming the family (and everyone else) for our troubles.
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But I think I speak for everyone here when I say that what you now propose bothers us an awful lot more.'
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When a few men in this city have found themselves, and have discovered the joy of helping others to face life again, there will be no stopping until everyone in that town has had his opportunity
to recover -- if he can and will.
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If he means to right his past wrongs, why all this concern for everyone in the world but his family?
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In addition to these casual get-togethers, it became customary to set apart one night a week for a meeting to be attended by anyone or everyone interested in a spiritual way of life.
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You draw more and more into yourself and you think everyone is talking about conditions
at your home.
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You think he ought to know the subject better, as everyone should have a
clear understanding of
the risk he takes if he drinks too much.
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New groups started up and it was found, to the astonishment
of everyone, that A.A.'s message could be transmitted in the mail as
well as by word of mouth.
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The stories added to this edition represent a membership whose characteristics -- of age, gender, race, and culture -- have widened and have deepened to
encompass virtually
everyone the first 100 members could have hoped to reach.
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It must be remembered that
I had read a great deal and talked to everyone who knew, or thought they knew anything about the subject
of alcoholism.
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I knew everyone would buy a few bottles, or cases, of liquor as their exchequers
permitted, and that it would soon be gone.
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