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It is important that he be able to keep a confidence; that he fully understand and approve
what we are driving at; that he will not try to change our plan.
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They say to one another, "Perhaps it would be
a good idea if we continue to keep a firm hand on A.A. in this town.
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"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof
against all arguments
and which cannot fail to keep a
man in everlasting ignorance -- that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
-- Herbert Spencer
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You might say you appreciate his abilities, would like to keep him, but cannot if he continues to drink.
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But you should feel under no obligation to keep him on, for your obligation
has been well discharged
already.
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He was positive that this humiliating experience, plus the knowledge he had acquired,
would keep him sober the rest of his life.
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Then comes the acid test: can we stay sober, keep in emotional balance, and live to good purpose under all conditions?
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On through the years this conduct continues, accompanied by his continual promises to be
careful or to keep off the streets altogether.
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If we keep on the way we are going there is little doubt that much good will result, but the surface of the
problem would hardly be scratched.
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We know this because we see monotony, pain, and even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to practice A.A.'s Twelve Steps.
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If I keep on turning my life and my will over to the care of Something or Somebody else, what will become of me?
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Although these attitudes are common enough, we A.A.'s find we need something much better in order to keep our balance.
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If at these points our emotional disturbance
happens to be great, we will more surely keep our balance, provided we remember, and repeat to ourselves, a particular
prayer or phrase that has appealed to us in our reading or meditation.
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We have come to believe He
would like us to keep our heads in the clouds with Him,
but that our feet ought to be
firmly planted on earth.
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We cannot declare A.A. such a closed corporation that we keep our
knowledge and experience top secret.
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As we surveyed the wreck of
that movement, early A.A. members resolved to keep our Society out of public controversy.
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Ask the polio sufferer confined to an iron lung who depends with complete trust upon a motor to keep the breath of life in him.
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It is the great paradox of
A.A. that we know we can seldom keep the precious gift of sobriety unless we give it away.
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Anger, that occasional luxury of more balanced people, could keep us on an emotional jag indefinitely.
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Groups have tried to expel members, but the banished have come back to sit in the meeting place, saying, "This is life for us; you
can't keep us out."
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