10-22-03

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As Bill Sees It

A.A.--the Lodestar, p. 147

We can be grateful for every agency or method that tries to
solve the
problem of alcoholism--whether of medicine, religion,
education, or
research. We can be open-minded toward all such efforts
and we can
be sympathetic when the ill-advised ones fail. We can
remember that
A.A. itself ran for years on "trial and error."

As individuals, we can and should work with those that
promise
success--even a little success.

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Every one of the pioneers in the total field of alcoholism
will
generously say that had it not been for the living proof of
recovery in
A.A., they could not have gone on. A.A. was the lodestar
of hope and
help that kept them at it.

Grapevine, March 1958




























































































































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