Virtues
"We of A.A. are apt to brag of the virtues of our
fellowship. Let us remember that none of these are earned virtues.
We have been forced into them, to begin with, by the cruel lash of John
Barleycorn. We have adopted these attitudes, these practices, this
structure, not at first because we wished to but because we had to.
And then, as time confirmed the seeming rightness of our basic
principles, we began to conform because it was right to do so."
Bill
W. c.1957 AAWS
Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, p.
224
Thought
to Consider . . .
Life
didn't end when I got sober - it started
"But my spiritual growth
became stronger from the experiences of others. It was explained to me that I
could freely choose a God of my understanding. At first, I thought I was
committing a sin by trying to change God, but I soon realized that God was
constant, and the only changes that had to be made were in my sick
mind."
1973 AAWS, Inc.
Came to
Believe, 30th printing 2004, pgs.
59-60