It is plain that a
life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility and unhappiness. To
the precise extent that we permit these, do we squander the hours that might
have been worth while. But with the alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and
growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely
grave. We found that it is fatal. For when harboring such feelings we shut
ourselves off from the sunlight of the Spirit. The insanity of alcohol returns
and we drink again. And with us, to drink is to die.
2001, AAWS, Inc.,
Alcoholics Anonymous, page
66
*~*^Big Book Quote^*~*
"We needed to ask ourselves but one short question. 'Do I now believe, or am I even willing to believe, that there is a Power greater than myself?' As soon as a man can say that he does believe, or is willing to believe, we emphatically assure him that he is on his way. It has been repeatedly proven among us that upon this simple cornerstone a wonderfully effective spiritual structure can be built."