We constantly remind ourselves we are no longer running the show… ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Location 1206) Yump, dum, duddle-duddle, yump, dum, duddle-duddle… let the show begin! Lions, tigers, elephants, bonny young ladies on the flying trapeze… I fancy myself […]
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Twelfth Tradition
TWELVE – And finally, we of Alcoholics Anonymous believe that the principle of anonymity has an immense spiritual significance. It reminds us that we are to place principles before personalities; that we are actually to practice a genuine humility. This […]
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The deference — “respect or esteem due to a superior” — clarified who was in power, who I should believe in, and the reason for giving over my shortcomings. ~ Voices of Recovery (Kindle Locations 2091-2092). Salute. Stand when they […]
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Belief in the power of God, plus enough willingness, honesty and humility to establish and maintain the new order of things, were the essential requirements. Simple, but not easy; a price had to be paid. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Locations […]
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Happiness, not in another place but this place…not for another hour, but this hour. ~ Walt Whitman “Go to Hell!” he’d yell. “I live there!” I’d answer, a refrain, well rehearsed, believed. Owned. Time passed. Separation, return, some kind of […]
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