Big Book Quote...Want to Share?

[margo]

April 10

"The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God's universe. The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous. He has commenced to accomplish those things for us which we could never do by ourselves."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 25~

[fraankie]

i love, love, love this passage
i used to go to a big book meeting
"the great fact'
on sunday mornings
it was a real big book study group
so................................................ ..........

[lanie67]

What a beautiful quote. I know it's true, and I can lose that connection, have it slip away gradually, if I am not careful. I know it is hp that has kept me sover over the years. I am so blessed and truly it is only lately that I have really come to understand this. I came into recovery really young, relapsed at almost ten years, lost a few hours of recovery and now have been sober for 5 years again. I almost typed "was blessed with a relapse", lol. That shift in my thinking that I am able to feel that way after having relapsed at that amount of time is due only to a higher power. The relapse deepened my experience of recovery and my gut-level knowledge of my disease in a way that I would not trade for anything strange as it seems.