We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on
it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know
peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we
will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling
of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose
interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows.
Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook
upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity
will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations
which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God
is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.
Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being
fulfilled among us, sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly.
They will always materialize if we work for them.
--Reprinted from "Into Action", pages 83 -
84, Alcoholics Anonymous
