Acceptance and faith are capable of producing 100 per cent sobriety. In fact, they usually do; and they must, else we could have no life at all. But the moment we carry these attitudes into our emotional problems, we find that only relative results are possible. Nobody can, for example, become completely free from fear,Continue reading “All or Nothing – As Bill Sees It #6”
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Tolerance Keeps Us Sober – As Bill Sees It – #312
“Honesty with ourselves and others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.” “Experience shows that few alcoholics will long stay away from a group because they don’t like the way it is run. Most return and adjust themselves to whatever conditions they must. Some go to a different group, orContinue reading “Tolerance Keeps Us Sober – As Bill Sees It – #312”
Way Out Of Depression – As Bill Sees It #308
During acute depression, avoid trying to set your whole life in order all at once. If you take on assignments so heavy that you are sure to fail in them at the moment, then you are allowing yourself to be tricked by your unconscious. Thus you will continue to make sure of your failure, andContinue reading “Way Out Of Depression – As Bill Sees It #308”
Self-Respect Through Sacrifice – As Bill Sees It #97
At the beginning we sacrificed alcohol. We had to, or it would have killed us. But we couldn’t get rid of alcohol unless we made other sacrifices. We had to toss self-justification, self- pity, and anger right out the window. We had to quit the crazy contest for personal prestige and big bank balances. WeContinue reading “Self-Respect Through Sacrifice – As Bill Sees It #97”
Mashup Those Other People – As Bill See It # 268 and Spot Inventory Mini Steps from 12 and 12
Just like you, I have often thought myself the victim of what other people say and do. Yet every time I confessed the sins of such people, especially those whose sins did not correspond exactly with my own, I found that I only increased the total damage. My own resentment, my self-pity would often renderContinue reading “Mashup Those Other People – As Bill See It # 268 and Spot Inventory Mini Steps from 12 and 12”
Fearless and Searching – As Bill Sees It #261
My self-analysis has frequently been faulty .Sometimes I’ve failed to share my defects with the right people; at other times, I’ve confessed their defects, rather than my own; and still other times, my confession of defects has been more in the nature of loud complaints about my circumstances and my problems. << << << >>Continue reading “Fearless and Searching – As Bill Sees It #261”
True Ambition – and False ; As Bill Sees It # 46
We have had a much keener look at ourselves and those about us. We have seen that we were prodded by unreasonable fears or anxieties into making a life business of winning fame, money, and what we thought was leadership. So false pride became the reverse side of that ruinous coin marked “Fear.” We simplyContinue reading “True Ambition – and False ; As Bill Sees It # 46”
Fear As A Steppingstone – As Bill Sees It #22
The chief activator of our defects has been self-centered fear –primarily fear that we would lose something we already possessed or would fail to get something we demanded. Living upon a basis of unsatisfied demands, we were in a state of continual disturbance and frustration. Therefore, no peace was to be had unless we couldContinue reading “Fear As A Steppingstone – As Bill Sees It #22”
Mashup Grapevine Article ‘A Time For Acceptance’ May 2021 By V.T and As Bill Sees It #44
The mother of an essential worker shares how AA helps her stay sane and grateful during a pandemic Having a controlled view of the world from my bedroom, I read another news article on my computer about the progress of the pandemic. It’s my daily check on the numbers in my state. I have beenContinue reading “Mashup Grapevine Article ‘A Time For Acceptance’ May 2021 By V.T and As Bill Sees It #44”
Foundation for Life – As Bill Sees It #33
We discover that we receive guidance for our lives to just about the extent that we stop making demands upon God to give it to us on order and on our terms.<< << << >> >> >>In praying, we ask simply that throughout the day God place in us the best understanding of His willContinue reading “Foundation for Life – As Bill Sees It #33”