Ago; I wish you would have kept going. There's more to that paragraph that will better put someone at ease. We will not always have to recoil because we will never be tempted.
We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given to us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it. We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. We feel as though we had been placed in a position of neutrality--- safe and protected. We have not even sworn off. Instead, the problem has been removed. It does not exist for us.
That gives us optimism and hope that we will not always be struggling with temptation and we will be able to live a normal life.
Pg 133
We are sure God wants us to be happy,joyous and free.
If we have to watch where we step and what we do and whom we talk to because we may be tempted, are we truely free?
Nice catch Dgillz. This is where a lot of us fail. Someday you will be able to go where you please, when you please.
All quotes are from AA Big Book 1st edition.