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…
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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. –…
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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…
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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…
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ANGER: A “DUBIOUS LUXURY”: If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious…
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