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If I was ever going to gain quality sobriety, I had to rediscover
my own native roots at the same time. I practiced letting go of all the
hurt, the resentments, the feelings of inadequacy. Through the practice of
the Twelve Steps of AA, I addressed my own
spirituality. Al
Cherokee We were in a
position where life was becoming impossible, and if we had passed into the
region from which there is no return through human aid, we had but two
alternatives: One was to go on to the bitter end, blotting out the
consciousness of our intolerable situation as best we could; and the
other, to accept spiritual help. Big Book
pg. 24 Reprinted with
permission A.A.W.S. 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 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 Reprinted with
permission A.A.W.S. Grandfather,
Grandmother guide our spiritual
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