MISERY IS NO PLACE TO LIVE -
"Relapses are often
fatal. We have attend-
ed funerals of loved ones
who died from relapse. They
died in various ways. We of-
ten see relapsers lost for
many years, living in
misery." (The Basic
Text, p. 79)
KEEPING OUR ACTIONS "PURE" SO HAPPINESS MAY FOLLOW -
"We are sure God
[or Our HP] wants us
to be, happy, joyous and
free." "[However] ... it is
clear that we made our own
misery. God didn't do it.
Avoid then, the deliber-
ate manufacture of
misery... ." (The
Big Book, p.
133)
"If one speaks
or acts with a cruel
mind, misery follows, as
the cart follows the horse
... . If one speaks or acts
with a pure mind, hap-
piness follows, as a
shadow follows
its source."
- the Dhammapada (circa 500 BC) a version of Buddhist scripture
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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