THE SERENITY PRAYER IN ACTION -
"Often our greatest
source of discomfort is
our continuing attempt to
change people and events
over which we are power-
less." "Instead we can
stop trying to play
God." (How Al-
Anon Works,
p. 79)
THESE THINGS DISCERN THE TRUE FACE OF PAIN -
"Every natural instinct cries out against the idea of personal powerlessness." "But upon entering A.A. we soon take quite another view ... ." "We know that little good can come to any alcoholic who joins A.A. unless he has first accepted his devastating weakness and all its consequences." (12 & 12, p. 21)
"This is the
bitterest pain a-
mong men [and wo-
men], to have much
knowledge but
no power."
Herodotus (484 BC - 425 BC)
Greek, Historian
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
