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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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We finally saw that faith in some kind of God was a part of our make-up, just
as much as the feeling we
have for a friend.
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We asked God to help us show them the same tolerance, pity, and patience that we
would cheerfully grant a
sick friend.
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If we cannot or would rather not do this, we search our acquaintance
for a close-mouthed, understanding friend.
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We have not once sought to be
one in a family, to be a friend among friends, to be a worker among workers, to be a useful member of society.
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Then let his family or a friend ask him if he wants to quit for good and if he would go to any extreme to do so.
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Here was the terrible dilemma in which our friend found himself when he had the
extraordinary experience, which as we have already told you, made him a free man.
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Our friend's gorge rose as he bitterly cried out: "If there is a God, He certainly hasn't done anything for me!"
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My friend had emphasized
the absolute necessity
of demonstrating these principles in all my affairs.
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Of course the sponsor points out that our friend's life is still unmanageable even though he is sober, that after all, only a bare start on A.A.'s program has been made.
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These observations would be academic and pointless if
our friend never took the first drink, thereby setting the terrible cycle in motion.
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Should you be the relative or friend of an alcoholic who shows no immediate interest in A.A., it is suggested that you
write the Al-Anon Family Groups, Inc., 1600 Corporate Landing Parkway, Virginia Beach, VA 23456, USA.
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About this time a lady called up my wife one Saturday afternoon saying she wanted me to come over that evening to meet a friend of hers who might help me.
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This went from bad to worse until sophomore spring when, after a prolonged period of drinking, I made up my mind that I could not complete
my course, so I packed my grip and went South to spend a month on a large farm owned by a friend of mine.
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So did a friend of mine who was
a one-time vice-president of the American Atheist Society, but he got through with room to spare."
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We found it very desirable to take this spiritual step with an understanding person, such as our wife, best friend, or spiritual adviser.
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My friend promised when
these things were done I would
enter upon a new relationship with my Creator; that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all my
problems.
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When our friend related his
experience, the man agreed that no amount of will power he might muster could stop his drinking for long.
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But my friend sat before me, and he made the point-blank declaration that God had done for him what he could not do for himself.
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Mrs. Jones -- she's a nut, she snubbed me; she committed her husband for
drinking; he's my friend;
she's a gossip -- personal
relationship; self esteem (fear).
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Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
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I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch.
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I wanted to throw up my hands in discouragement, for I saw
that I had failed to help my
banker friend understand.
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Upon hearing this, our friend was somewhat relieved, for he reflected
that, after all, he was a good
church member.
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Six months earlier, the broker had been
relieved of his drink obsession by a sudden spiritual experience, following a meeting with an
alcoholic friend who had
been in contact with the Oxford Groups of that day.
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