"THESE ARE FACTS" -
"If we are not sorry, and our conduct continues to harm others, we are quite sure to drink. We are not theorizing. These are facts out of our experience." (The Big Books, p. 70)
FOR THE WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE -
"Simply accepting the harm we caused increases our humility. Being 'truly sorry' is a clear indication that our self-centeredness has diminished. Willing to go to any lengths to change, we are newly inspired." (It Works, How & Why, p. 58)
"He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity."
- The Talmud (200 ~ 500 CE) a compendium of oral Jewish law
*HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself. Like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.
