CULTIVATING FAITH“: “I don’t think we can do anything very well in this world unless we practice it. And I don’t believe we do A.A. too well unless we practice…
SELF-EXAMINATION: ...we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. – ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, page 86 –When said sincerely, this prayer…
BROTHERS IN OUR DEFECTS: We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them. –…
SELF-HONESTY: The deception of others is nearly always rooted in the deception of ourselves... When we are honest with another person, it confirms that we have been honest with ourselves…
LOVE AND FEAR AS OPPOSITES: All these failings generate fear, a soul-sickness in its own right. – TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, page 49 –“Fear knocked at the door; faith…