"But we have to
stick by the wisdom of our ancestors..."
Paula
Weasel Head Blood
"Two
members of Alcoholics Anonymous came to see me. They grinned, which I didn't
like so much, and then asked me if I thought myself alcoholic and if I were
licked this time. I had to concede both propositions. They piled on me heaps of
evidence to the effect that an alcoholic mentality, such as I had exhibited in
"Then
they outlined the spiritual answer and program of action which a hundred of
them had followed successfully..."
Big
Book pg. 42
Rarely
have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. Those who do
not recover are people who cannot or will not completely give themselves to
this simple program.
Big Book
pg. 58
Creator
may I listen to the voices of those who walked the path before me.