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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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The minute we saw this compromising fact for what
it was, we asked the prospective publicity
director how he felt about
it.
2.
If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever
our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we
may form a relationship
upon simple and understandable terms as
soon as we are willing and honest enough to try.
3.
Tell him you once felt as he does, but you doubt whether you would have made much progress had you not taken action.
4.
5.
6.
This was only a beginning, though if honestly and humbly made, an effect, sometimes a very great one, was felt at once.
7.
All of us felt at times that we
were regaining control,
but such intervals -- usually brief -- were inevitably followed by still less control, which led in time to pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization.
8.
We were depressed and complained we felt bad, when in fact we were mainly asking for sympathy and attention.
9.
Of course we finally did experiment, and when unexpected results followed, we felt different; in fact we knew different; and so we were
sold on meditation and prayer.
10.
In fact, we felt duty-bound to throw the whole weight of the A.A. name behind any meritorious cause.
11.
I felt especially virtuous as I thought of all
the ex-drunks who wouldn't even send the Foundation a dollar apiece, and here I was gladly making a five-dollar investment to fix a hangover.
12.
13.
14.
There my drinking became
so much worse that the boys in the fraternity house where I lived felt forced to send for my father, who made a long journey in the vain endeavor to get me straightened around.
15.
His alcoholic problem
was so complex, and his depression so great, that we
felt his only hope would be through what we then called
"moral psychology," and
we doubted if even that would
have any effect.
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I felt I had every right to be self-confident, that it would be only a matter of exercising my will power and keeping on guard.
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And considering the rough deal life had given us, we felt it perfectly natural that we were sensitive.
23.
As he gained confidence,
he felt it right to explain his new way of life to his employer and business associates.
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If you have a drinking problem, we hope that you may pause in reading one of the forty-two personal stories and think: "Yes, that happened to me"; or,
more important, "Yes, I've felt like that"; or, most important, "Yes, I believe this program can work for me too."
27.
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.
28.
Frequently, you have felt
obliged to tell your husband's employer and his
friends that he was sick,
when as a matter of fact he
was tight.
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32.
I vaguely sensed I was not
being any too smart, but felt reassured as I was taking
the whiskey on a full stomach.
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Dr. G. Kirby Collier, psychiatrist:
"I have felt that A.A. is a group unto themselves and their best results can be had under their
own guidance, as a result of their philosophy.
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37.
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.
38.
39.
So, you see, there were three alcoholics in that town, who
now felt they had to give to others what they had found, or be sunk.
40.
Often it was while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual advisers that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us.
41.
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43.
Often it was while working on this Step with our sponsors or spiritual advisers that we first felt truly able to forgive others, no matter how deeply we felt they had wronged us.
44.
Wishing to be polite, though I felt very badly, I said, "Let's make the call," and extracted from my wife a promise that we would not stay
over fifteen minutes.
45.
Where people had temporarily let us run their lives as though they were still children, we had felt very happy and secure ourselves.
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"As material success founded upon no more than these ordinary attributes began to come to us, we felt we were winning at the game of life.
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