WITH NEW FRIENDS WHO CARE -
"Our new friends
in the Fellowship will
help us." "Clean, we face
the world together. We no
longer have to feel backed
into a corner, at the mercy of
events and circumstances.
It makes a difference to
have friends who care
if we hurt." (The Basic
Text, p 56)
WHO WILL HAVE THE FINAL WORD?
"I honestly doubt-
ed whether, on bal-
ance, the religions of
mankind had done any
good. Judging from what
I had seen in Europe and
since, the power of God in
human affairs was negligi-
ble, the Brotherhood of Man
a grim jest. If there was a
Devil, he seemed the Boss
Universal, and he cer-
tainly had me." (The
Big Book, p. 11)
"I refuse to ac-
cept the view that
mankind is so tragi-
cally bound to the star-
less midnight of racism
and war; that the bright
daybreak of peace and bro-
therhood can never become
a reality ... I believe that
unarmed truth and un-
conditional love will
have the final
word."
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 - 1968) U.S. civil rights leader
HP - Higher Power - is any power greater than oneself, like Nature, the Cosmos, or even the legal system.