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HE WAS SOBER.
Rumor had it that he had been committed for alcoholic insanity.
Ebby 7 yrs to bring bill the message
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But my friend sat before me, and he made the point blank declaration that God had done for him what he could not do for himself.
His human will had failed. Doctors had pronounced him incurable. Society was about to lock him up. Like myself, he had admitted complete defeat. Then he had, in effect, been raised from the dead, suddenly taken from the scrap heap to a level of life better than the best he had ever known!
power greater than myself. Nothing more was required of me to make my beginning
I placed myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost. I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch.
capital nouns are God or your version of a higher power.
have not had a drink since.
I was to sit quietly when in doubt, asking only for direction and strength to meet my problems as He would have me. Never was I to pray for myself, except as my requests bore on my usefulness to others.
I often prayed for Gratitude for myself and as I was told for others.
Then only might I expect to receive.
when these things were done I would enter upon a new relationship with my Creator; that I would have the elements of a way of living which answered all my problems. 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. It meant destruction of self-centeredness. I must turn ...
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better hang on to it. Anything is better than the way you were.” The good doctor now sees many men who have such experiences. He knows that they are real.
freely given me. Perhaps I could help some of them. They in turn might work with others. My friend had emphasized the
absolute necessity of demonstrating these principles in all my affairs.
Principles
Faith without works was dead, he said. And how appallingly true
Dead Faith?
plagued by waves of self-pity and resentment. This sometimes nearly drove me back to drink, but I soon found that when all other measures failed, work with another alcoholic would save the day.
Triggers
communities.
Miracles
Loss no matter what drinking is not an option
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Mixed drink booze
🙏It happened not because you can do anything about it.
Self will
Faith has to
twenty-four hours a day
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or we perish. Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia. We have it with us right here and now. Each day my friend’s simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
Imagined perfect place🌐
Together not alone
17 first para no arguments
Normally wouldn't mix
Friendly association meetings
Mutual trust and friendship
Equals common problem and soulution
Free
Danger
A part of
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Trust gospel great news
Work absolutely truth
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