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newby1961 · 10-23-2012, 02:53 AM

"We had to ask ourselves why we shouldn't apply to our human problems this same readiness to change our point of view. We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be...
of real help to other people-was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight? Of course it was.
When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did."

~ Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition We Agnostics pg 52
c Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, INC.

pipparina · 10-23-2012, 03:20 AM

Yes yes yes!

IndaMiricale · 10-23-2012, 05:11 AM

Indeed...

10-23-2012, 02:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
newby1961 Trudging that road. Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Seattle Wa Posts: 6,815 Blog Entries: 1	Big Book Quote "We had to ask ourselves why we shouldn't apply to our human problems this same readiness to change our point of view. We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn't control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn't make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn't seem to be... of real help to other people-was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight? Of course it was. When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God. Our ideas did not work. But the God idea did." ~ Alcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition We Agnostics pg 52 c Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, INC.

10-23-2012, 03:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
pipparina Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NYC Posts: 1,226	Yes yes yes! __________________ "The mind is its own place; it can make a hell of heaven or a heaven of hell" Milton

10-23-2012, 05:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
IndaMiricale Powerless over Alcohol Join Date: May 2011 Location: Trudging the Road to Happy Destiny! Posts: 4,020	Indeed... __________________ "The only real thing in life are dreams, which nature cant touch with decay." Bob Dylan "Each day,somewhere in the world ,recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic , sharing experience,strength and hope."

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