INNER CHAOS SUBSIDES -
"As the inner chaos that we lived with for so long subsides, we begin to experience long periods of serenity." "Seeking direction and meaning ... we go on to the Eleventh Step." (It Works, How & Why, p. 75)
A NEW, "MORAL CONSCIENCE" EMERGES -
"It's as if we have cleaned up a badly corroded automobile. Now we are faced with the choice of maintaining it and responding immediately when we see signs of new corrosion, or ignoring the problem until it becomes as unbearable as it was before." (How Al-Anon Works, p. 61)
"A man's moral
consciencee is the
curse he had to ac-
cept from the gods in
order to gain from
them the right to
dream."
- William Faulkner (1897 - 1962)
U.S. novelist
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
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