If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be
amazed before we are halfway 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 path we have gone, we will
see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness
and self-pity will disappear. We will loose 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.
From Alcoholics Anonymous Chapter 6
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