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New Life

July 25, 2009

“We die to live.
That is a beautiful paradox straight out of the Biblical idea of being “born again” or “in losing one‘s life to find it.”
When we work at our Twelve Steps,
the old life of guzzling and fuzzy thinking,
and all that goes with it, gradually dies,
and we acquire a different [...]

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Self Restraint

August 11, 2008

“We enjoy certain inherent advantages
which should make our task of self-restraint
relatively easy.
There is no really good reason for anyone to object
if a great many drunks get sober.
Nearly everyone can agree that this is a good thing.
If, in the process, we are forced to develop
a certain amount of honesty, [...]

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Humility Prayer

August 3, 2008

Lord, I am far too much influenced by what people think of me;
Which means that I am always pretending to be either richer or smarter than I really am. Please, prevent me from trying to attract attention.
Don’t let me gloat over praise on the on the one hand and be discouraged by criticism on the [...]

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Triumph

July 13, 2008

“It is only at the moment when a member ceases to drink
that he asserts the right to
describe himself as an alcoholic. . .
What an unthinking world may look upon as defeat,
alcoholics in AA know as a triumph of the spirit,
a triumph of humility over false pride and self-centeredness. How few human
beings ever [...]

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