And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone, even alcohol. For by this time sanity will have returned. We will seldom be interested in liquor. If tempted, we recoil from it as from a hot flame. We react sanely and normally, and we will find that this has happened automatically. We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it. We are not fighting it, neither are we avoiding temptation. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous (Kindle Locations 1170-1173).
The forward to the Big Book, in 1939, said
We, of Alcoholics Anonymous,
are more than one hundred men and women
who have recovered
from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.It seems hard to believe, that "have recovered."
We listen to people talk about it,
hear the stories, desire it but doubt it.
Until it happens. Then we talk about it,
tell the stories, have what we desired,
never again doubt it. It has happened
and belongs to us so long as we hold on.
We, of Alcoholics Anonymous,
are more than one hundred men and women
who have recovered
from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body.It seems hard to believe, that "have recovered."
We listen to people talk about it,
hear the stories, desire it but doubt it.
Until it happens. Then we talk about it,
tell the stories, have what we desired,
never again doubt it. It has happened
and belongs to us so long as we hold on.
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