Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks—drinks which they see others taking with impunity.
His craving for alcohol was the equivalent, on a low level, of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval language: the union with God.
-- excerpt from a January 30, 1961 letter to Bill W. from Dr. Carl Jung
When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God. This applies, too, to other spiritual expressions which you find in this book. Do not let any prejudice you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly asking yourself what they mean to you. At the start, this was all we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first conscious relation with God as we understood Him.
There is only one thing you need to know about God—There is one; it isn’t you.
-- A.A. Old-Timer to the new sponsee
In response to: –
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks—drinks which they see others taking with impunity.
His craving for alcohol was the equivalent, on a low level, of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval language: the union with God.
-- excerpt from a January 30, 1961 letter to Bill W. from Dr. Carl Jung
The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead. Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have kept the home in turmoil.
''l kept asking Clarence why our world seemed to be collapsing and everything seemed so shitty. And he'd say: "That's the way it goes. But don't forget, it goes the other way too.'' That's the way romance is. Usually that's the way it goes. But every once in a while, it goes the other way too."
There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation. But we saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe in the hopelessness and futility of life as we had been living it.
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented, unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort which comes at once by taking a few drinks—drinks which they see others taking with impunity.
His craving for alcohol was the equivalent, on a low level, of the spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval language: the union with God.
-- excerpt from a January 30, 1961 letter to Bill W. from Dr. Carl Jung
For Today (4)
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect
produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while
they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate
the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the
only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented,
unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort
which comes at once by taking a few drinks—drinks which they
see others taking with impunity.
-- The Doctor’s Opinion, Alcoholics Anonymous
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His craving for alcohol was the equivalent, on a low level, of the
spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval
language: the union with God.
-- excerpt from a January 30, 1961 letter to Bill W. from Dr. Carl Jung
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Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not
fish they are after.
-- Henry David Thoreau
When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own
conception of God. This applies, too, to other spiritual
expressions which you find in this book. Do not let any prejudice
you may have against spiritual terms deter you from honestly
asking yourself what they mean to you. At the start, this was all
we needed to commence spiritual growth, to effect our first
conscious relation with God as we understood Him.
-- Alcoholics Anonymous, page 47
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A good theologian says almost nothing about God. The notion of
God can keep you from touching God as love, wisdom, and nonfear.
Thich Nhat Hahn
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There is only one thing you need to know about God—There is one;
it isn’t you.
-- A.A. Old-Timer to the new sponsee
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect
produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while
they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate
the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the
only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented,
unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort
which comes at once by taking a few drinks—drinks which they
see others taking with impunity.
-- The Doctor’s Opinion, Alcoholics Anonymous
***********************************************************
His craving for alcohol was the equivalent, on a low level, of the
spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval
language: the union with God.
-- excerpt from a January 30, 1961 letter to Bill W. from Dr. Carl Jung
***********************************************************
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not
fish they are after.
-- Henry David Thoreau
The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives
of others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead.
Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate
habits have kept the home in turmoil.
-- Alcoholics Anonymous, page 82
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''l kept asking Clarence why our world seemed to be collapsing
and everything seemed so shitty. And he'd say: "That's the way
it goes. But don't forget, it goes the other way too.'' That's the
way romance is. Usually that's the way it goes. But every once
in a while, it goes the other way too."
-- Alabama, (Patricia Arquette), True Romance
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There is a solution. Almost none of us liked the self-searching,
the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which
the process requires for its successful consummation. But we
saw that it really worked in others, and we had come to believe
in the hopelessness and futility of life as we had been living it.
-- Alcoholics Anonymous, page 25
Men and women drink essentially because they like the effect
produced by alcohol. The sensation is so elusive that, while
they admit it is injurious, they cannot after a time differentiate
the true from the false. To them, their alcoholic life seems the
only normal one. They are restless, irritable and discontented,
unless they can again experience the sense of ease and comfort
which comes at once by taking a few drinks—drinks which they
see others taking with impunity.
-- The Doctor’s Opinion, Alcoholics Anonymous
***********************************************************
His craving for alcohol was the equivalent, on a low level, of the
spiritual thirst of our being for wholeness, expressed in medieval
language: the union with God.
-- excerpt from a January 30, 1961 letter to Bill W. from Dr. Carl Jung
***********************************************************
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not
fish they are after.
-- Henry David Thoreau