Our little children hovering round us weep, most starved to death,
we've naught for them to eat. All this distress is justly on us, comes for
the accrued use we made of rum. Occom Mohegan This painful past may be of infinite value to other families still
struggling with their problem. We think each family which has been
relieved owes something to those who have not, and when the occasion
requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring former
mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places. Showing
others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing which makes
life seem so worth while to us now. Cling to the thought that, in
God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have--the key to
life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for
them. Big Book pg. 124 The head of the house ought to remember that he is mainly to blame
for what befell his home. He can scarcely square the account in his
lifetime... Big Book pg. 127 Creator help me live free of alcohol and its destruction.
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