The 12
Promises
If
we are painstaking about this phase of our
development, we will be amazed before we are
half way through. We are going to know a new
freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret
the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We
will comprehend the word serenity and we will
know peace. No matter how far down the scale we
have gone, we will see how our experience can
benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and
self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest
in selfish things and gain interest in our
fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole
attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear
of people and of economic insecurity will leave
us. We will intuitively know how to handle
situations which used to baffle us. We will
suddenly realize that God is doing for us what
we could not do for ourselves.
Are these
extravagant promises? We think not. They are
being fulfilled among us-sometimes quickly,
sometimes slowly. They will always materialize
if we work for them.
Source:
Alcoholics Anonymous, 1976, Alcoholics
Anonymous World Services, Inc., New York
City, p.83-84.
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