Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. ~ Socrates
Recovery can begin with a sudden experience.
An appendix to the Big Book says, "our first printing
gave many readers the impression
that these personality changes, or religious experiences,
must be in the nature of sudden and spectacular upheavals."
Maybe, sometimes they are. But even then learning...
education is essential. By growing into understanding of the steps
and the wisdom of decades passed on to us, we become recovered.
From the very beginning of the movement, the fellowship declared:
"We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body."No matter how suddenly your recovery began, it's worth the work needed
to have a warming fire as the heartfelt center of recovery.
An appendix to the Big Book says, "our first printing
gave many readers the impression
that these personality changes, or religious experiences,
must be in the nature of sudden and spectacular upheavals."
Maybe, sometimes they are. But even then learning...
education is essential. By growing into understanding of the steps
and the wisdom of decades passed on to us, we become recovered.
From the very beginning of the movement, the fellowship declared:
"We, of Alcoholics Anonymous, are more than one hundred men and women who have recovered from a seemingly hopeless state of mind and body."No matter how suddenly your recovery began, it's worth the work needed
to have a warming fire as the heartfelt center of recovery.
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