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• The good is the enemy of the best.

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  Enemy

  Robert Fitzgerald, Ed Dowling, Bill W. (1995). “The Soul of Sponsorship: The Friendship of Fr. Ed Dowling, S. J. and Bill Wilson in Letters”, p.77, Hazelden Publishing

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• God is either everything, or He is nothing.

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• More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor

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  People, Actors, Double Life

  Bill W., Dick B (2011). “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Original 1939 Edition”, p.85, Courier Corporation

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• We admitted we were powerless over alcohol-that our lives had become unmanageable. We came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves would restore us to sanity.

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  Believe, Alcohol, Sanity

  Alcoholics Anonymous (1939). The first two of the "Twelve Steps" that form the program of Alcoholics Anonymous to combat alcoholism.

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• Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand the purpose and ultimate utility of pain

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  Pain, Ignorance, Years

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• Only the self-deceived will claim perfect freedom from fear.

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  Fear, Self, Perfect

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• I have become a pupil of the AA movement rather than the teacher.

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  Teacher, Movement, Pupils

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• The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.

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  Enemy, Permanent, Temporary

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• We will see that our new attitude toward liquor has been given to us without any thought or effort on our part. It just comes! That is the miracle of it.

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  Attitude, Effort, Miracle

  Bill W. (2013). “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Original 1939 Edition”, p.97, Courier Corporation

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• We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.

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  Desire, Way, Convince

  Bill W. (2013). “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Original 1939 Edition”, p.38, Courier Corporation

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• 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.

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  Simple, Men, Circles

  Bill W. (2013). “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Original 1939 Edition”, p.26, Courier Corporation

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• I was not an atheist. Few people really are, for that means blind faith in the strange proposition that this universe originated in a cipher and aimlessly rushes nowhere.

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  Atheist, Mean, People

  Bill W. (1976). “Alcoholics Anonymous: the story of how many thousands of men and women have recovered from alcoholism”

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• In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.

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  Spiritual, Vision, Alcoholics

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• Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.

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  Believe, Humor, Alcohol

  Bill W. (2013). “Alcoholics Anonymous: The Original 1939 Edition”, p.148, Courier Corporation

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