| One of my favorite parts in a friend of mine’s story is when he went to his first A.A. meeting and was standing in the back of the room, in a corner, and this old guy walked up to him and asked him if he had a problem with his drinking.
My friend’s reply was classic, “I don’t have a problem with my drinking, I have a problem with my stopping and staying stopped.” (Amen!) He admitted that later on he learned that it’s a lot easier to stay sober than it is to get sober. (It took awhile before I fully understood that one.) But he’s done that for 35 years now…
May we all be so blessed.
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"Temper is a quality that at a critical moment brings out the best in steel and worst in people."
- William Grohse
NOTE: All Big Book quotes are from the First Edition of the Big Book
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