>rosie
01-24-2004, 09:29 AM
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As Bill Sees It
"Loners"--but Not Alone, p. 53
What can be said of many A.A. members who, for a
variety of reasons,
cannot have a family life? At first many of these feel
lonely, hurt, and
left out as they witness so much domestic happiness
about them. If
they cannot have this kind of happiness, can A.A. offer
them
satisfactions of similar worth and durability?
Yes-- whenever they try hard to seek out these
satisfactions.
Surrounded by so many A.A. friends, the so-called
loners tell us they
no longer feel alone. In partnership with
others--women and
men--they can devote themselves to any number of ideas,
people, and
constructive projects. They can participate in
enterprises which would
be denied to family men and women. We daily see such
members
render prodigies of service, and receive great joys in
return.
12 & 12, p. 120
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As Bill Sees It
"Loners"--but Not Alone, p. 53
What can be said of many A.A. members who, for a
variety of reasons,
cannot have a family life? At first many of these feel
lonely, hurt, and
left out as they witness so much domestic happiness
about them. If
they cannot have this kind of happiness, can A.A. offer
them
satisfactions of similar worth and durability?
Yes-- whenever they try hard to seek out these
satisfactions.
Surrounded by so many A.A. friends, the so-called
loners tell us they
no longer feel alone. In partnership with
others--women and
men--they can devote themselves to any number of ideas,
people, and
constructive projects. They can participate in
enterprises which would
be denied to family men and women. We daily see such
members
render prodigies of service, and receive great joys in
return.
12 & 12, p. 120
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