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From the books ... Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)
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When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to announce our convictions
with tact and common sense.
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It may be that both will decide that the way of good sense and loving kindness is to let by-gones be by-gones.
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What has become of the common sense and will power that he still sometimes displays with respect to other matters?
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During the subsequent fifteen years I had sense enough never to go to the hospital if I had been drinking, and very seldom did I receive patients.
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In no deep or meaningful sense had we ever taken stock of ourselves, made amends to those we had harmed, or freely given to any other human being without any demand for reward.
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In a very real sense he has been transformed,
because he has laid hold of a source of strength which, in one way or another, he had hitherto denied himself.
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Sometimes these excuses
have a certain plausibility, but none of
them really makes sense in the light of the havoc an alcoholic's drinking bout creates.
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With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more deeply the inner meaning of A.A.'s simple prayer:
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It became clear that if we ever were to feel emotionally secure among grown-up people, we would have to put our lives on a give-and-take basis; we would have to develop
the sense of being in partnership or brotherhood with all those
around us.
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Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is
the sense of belonging that
comes to us.
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When we reached A.A., and for
the first time in our lives stood among people who seemed to understand, the
sense of belonging was tremendously exciting.
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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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1. Sense of duty.
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They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they
can again experience the
sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks -- drinks which they see others taking with impunity.
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But soon the sense of His presence had been blotted out by worldly clamors, mostly those within myself.
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Lose sense of isolation, receive forgiveness and give it; learn humility; gain honesty and realism about ourselves.
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As soon as we admitted the
possible existence of a
Creative Intelligence, a Spirit of
the Universe underlying the totality
of things, we began to be possessed of a new sense of power and direction, provided we took other simple steps.
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It would be a good thing, they
believed, for the liquor
trade to show a sense of public responsibility.
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This dream world has been replaced by a great sense of purpose, accompanied by a growing
consciousness of the power of God in our lives.
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There was, therefore, a sense of real satisfaction when I was asked to contribute a few words on a subject which is covered in
such masterly detail in these pages.
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As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is born, and the
sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is indescribable.
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After taking this preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished.
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For the type of alcoholic
who is able and willing to get well, little charity, in the ordinary sense of the word, is needed or wanted.
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Good judgment, a careful sense of timing, courage, and prudence -- these are the qualities we shall need when we take Step Nine.
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Most of us sense that real tolerance of other people's shortcomings and
viewpoints and a respect for their opinions
are attitudes which make us
more useful to others.
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In a vague way their families and friends sense that these drinkers are abnormal, but everybody hopefully awaits the day when the sufferer will rouse himself from his lethargy
and assert his power of will.
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We could not prove life in the
sense that you can prove a straight line is the shortest distance between two points, yet, there it was.
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If they sense these things,
they will not take so seriously his periods of crankiness, depression,
or apathy, which will disappear when there is tolerance, love, and spiritual understanding.
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But they had not learned enough of humility, fearlessness and honesty, in the sense we find it necessary, until they told someone else all their life story.
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But we soon discovered
that while we weren't alone any more in a social sense, we still suffered many of the old pangs of anxious apartness.
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We are equally positive
that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something happens, both in the bodily and mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop.
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