If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are halfway through.
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We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
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We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
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We will comprehend the word serenity, and we will know peace.
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No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
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That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
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We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
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Self-seeking will slip away.
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Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
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Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
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We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
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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 pages 83 – 84 of the book Alcoholics Anonymous
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