newby1961

Humility First

"A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress."

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For Dr. Bob, the insatiable craving for alcohol was evidently a physical phenomenon which bedeviled several of his first years in A.A., a time when only days and nights of carrying the message to other alcoholics could cause him to forget about drinking. Although his craving was hard to withstand, it doubtless did account for some part of the intense incentive that went into forming Akron's Group Number One.
Bob's spiritual release did not come easily; it was to be painfully slow. It always entailed the hardest kind of work and the sharpest vigilance.

1. LETTER, 1959 - 2. A.A. COMES OF AGE, p, 69 - 3. LETTER, 1954

Fernaceman

That's pretty strong of him...pretty incredible actually. If he could look now and see all the people that have subsequently been helped, he will have known it was all worth it. I knew he realized it would have a huge impact at the time, but it has and hopefully will continue to grow exponentially.

HappyDestiny3

Some people get the blessing of that craving to leave quickly, some not for a long time. Perphaps some forever..

Sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly they will always materialize if we work for them..

More will be reveiled..

Time takes Time.