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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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To be doomed to an alcoholic death or to live on a spiritual basis are not always easy alternatives to face.
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Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, A.A.'s speak the language of the heart in all
its power and simplicity.
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We got a pretty severe shock when we realized that we were preparing to make a face-to-face admission of our wretched
conduct to those we had hurt.
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(*) The fellowship of Al-Anon Family Groups was formed about thirteen years after this chapter was written. Though it is entirely separate from Alcoholics Anonymous, it
uses the general principles of the A.A. program as a guide for husbands, wives, relatives, friends and others close to alcoholics. The foregoing pages (though addressed only to wives) indicate the problems such people may face. Alateen, for teen-aged children of alcoholics, is a part of Al-Anon.
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If anyone who is showing inability to control his drinking can do the right-about-face and drink like a gentleman, our hats are off to
him.
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Though our decision was a
vital and crucial step, it could have little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and to be rid of, the things in ourselves which had been blocking us.
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Good generalship may decide that the problem be attacked on the flank rather than risk a face-to-face combat.
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But his face falls when we speak of spiritual matters, especially when
we mention God, for we have re-opened a subject which our man thought he had neatly evaded or entirely ignored.
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Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics
who have any idea how irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear to
face it.
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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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As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we
could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter.
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In the face of collapse and
despair, in the face of the
total failure of their human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into them.
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And they have increasingly found a peace of mind which can stand firm in the face of difficult circumstances.
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I pointed out that I had had
nothing to drink whatever for three years, and this in the face of difficulties that would have made nine out
of ten men drink their heads off.
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Doubtless you are curious to discover how and
why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless
condition of mind and body.
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In the face of collapse and
despair, in the face of the
total failure of their human resources, they found that a new power, peace, happiness, and sense of direction flowed into them.
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But we do have to soberly face the fact that being in the public eye is hazardous, especially for us.
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At the very beginning, the
couple ought to frankly face the fact that each will have to yield here and there if the family is
going to play an effective part in the new life.
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Momentarily we did -- then would come oblivion and the awful awakening to face the hideous Four Horsemen -- Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair.
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When we became alcoholics, crushed by a
self-imposed crisis we could not postpone
or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition that either God is everything or else He is nothing.
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We must lose our fear of creditors no matter how far we have to go, for we are liable to drink if we are afraid to face them.
31.
Modem-to-modem or face-to-face, A.A.'s speak the language of the heart in all
its power and simplicity.
32.
We got a pretty severe shock when we realized that we were preparing to make a face-to-face admission of our wretched
conduct to those we had hurt.
33.
Good generalship may decide that the problem be attacked on the flank rather than risk a face-to-face combat.
34.
There are many opportunities even for those of us who feel unable to speak at meetings or who are so situated that we cannot do much
face-to-face Twelfth Step work.
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Almost from the beginning, we have been positive that face-to-face work with the alcoholic who suffers could
be based only on the desire
to help and be helped.
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There are many opportunities even for those of us who feel unable to speak at meetings or who are so situated that we cannot do much
face-to-face Twelfth Step work.
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Almost from the beginning, we have been positive that face-to-face work with the alcoholic who suffers could
be based only on the desire
to help and be helped.
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