As Bill See's it.. page 25
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As Bill See's it.. page 25
A friend and I discussed this last night and I've been thinking about how much truth is on this page!
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We Cannot Stand Still
In the first days of A.A., I wasn't much bothered about the
areas of life in which I was standing still. There was always
the alibi: "After all," I said to myself, "I'm far too busy with
much more important matters." That was my near perfect
prescriptionfor comfort and complacency.
<< << << >> >> >>
How many of us would presume to declare, "Well, I'm sober
and I'm happy. What more can I want, or do? I'm fine the way
I am." We know that the price of such self-satisfaction is an
inevitable backslide, punctuated at some point by a very rude
awakening. We have to grow or else deteriorate. For us, the
status quo can only be for today, never for tomorrow.
Changewe must; we cannot stand still.
1. GRAPEVINE, JUNE 1961
2. GRAPEVINE, FEBRUARY 1959
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We Cannot Stand Still
In the first days of A.A., I wasn't much bothered about the
areas of life in which I was standing still. There was always
the alibi: "After all," I said to myself, "I'm far too busy with
much more important matters." That was my near perfect
prescriptionfor comfort and complacency.
<< << << >> >> >>
How many of us would presume to declare, "Well, I'm sober
and I'm happy. What more can I want, or do? I'm fine the way
I am." We know that the price of such self-satisfaction is an
inevitable backslide, punctuated at some point by a very rude
awakening. We have to grow or else deteriorate. For us, the
status quo can only be for today, never for tomorrow.
Changewe must; we cannot stand still.
1. GRAPEVINE, JUNE 1961
2. GRAPEVINE, FEBRUARY 1959
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