“I
think the spiritual values come first and everything else
follows.” Leonard George
Chief
Councilor When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally
and physically. Big Book pg. 64 It
is plain that a life which includes deep resentment leads only to futility
and unhappiness. To the precise extent that we permit these, do we
squander the hours that might have been worth while. But with the
alcoholic, whose hope is the maintenance and growth of a spiritual
experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that
it is fatal. For when harboring such feelings we shut ourselves off
from the sunlight of the Spirit. The insanity of alcohol returns and we
drink again. And with us, to drink is to die. Big Book pg. 66 Both you and the new man must walk day by day in the path of
spiritual progress. If you persist remarkable things will happen. Big Book pg. 100 Great Spirit help us to focus on our spiritual selves.
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