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> [“When we look back from the vantage point of sobriety, many of us realize that when drinking we often felt like a fake, a fraud, and a phony. That’s because we were. – p. 74”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/when-we-look-back-from-the-vantage-point-of-sobriety-many-of-us/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

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## More by Ray A

> [“The truth is that we were so spiritually and morally bankrupt that we could not even see some of those lines: we stepped over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/the-truth-is-that-we-were-so-spiritually-and-morally-bankrupt-that-we/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“To know that we are not God, to know that there is a God, and to know that God, these are the Steps in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/to-know-that-we-are-not-god-to-know-that-there-is-a-god-and-to-know/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“We arrive in the rooms tangled up in a web of complexity and confusion. Our lives are unmanageable because our minds are unmanageable.” – p. 134”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/we-arrive-in-the-rooms-tangled-up-in-a-web-of-complexity-and/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“The essence of humility in Step 3 is acknowledging and accepting our dependence on God. The essence of faith is trusting God. – p. 167”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/the-essence-of-humility-in-step-3-is-acknowledging-and-accepting-our/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“Yet, Step 2 and AA spirituality is about nothing if it isn’t about faith in God. Many good reasons exist why AA makes a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/yet-step-2-and-aa-spirituality-is-about-nothing-if-it-isn-t-about/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“Adam and Eve had first-hand empirical evidence of God’s existence. He walked in the Garden with them. Their problem was that God told them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/adam-and-eve-had-first-hand-empirical-evidence-of-god-s-existence-he/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“Religion became an end, rather than a means, a substitute for God. Until alcoholism intervened and forced the issue: God, or religion? – p. 125”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/religion-became-an-end-rather-than-a-means-a-substitute-for-god-until/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“When we look back from the vantage point of sobriety, many of us realize that when drinking we often felt like a fake, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/when-we-look-back-from-the-vantage-point-of-sobriety-many-of-us/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“Saying that 'I am a grateful alcoholic' will then reflect the truth about who we have become in our person, having understood deeply and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/saying-that-i-am-a-grateful-alcoholic-will-then-reflect-the-truth/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“AA is a spiritual program and Step 3 is a quintessentially spiritual Step. It is the ultimate anti-self Step. Thus, in a very real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/aa-is-a-spiritual-program-and-step-3-is-a-quintessentially-spiritual/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“In AA we don’t come to God through theology but through experience, mostly of the humbling and humiliating variety, often reluctantly, and sometimes even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/in-aa-we-don-t-come-to-god-through-theology-but-through-experience/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

> [“Gratitude becomes spiritual, a spiritual virtue and a spiritual emotion, when we are moved in our response by a God-centered view of the three:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-a/gratitude-becomes-spiritual-a-spiritual-virtue-and-a-spiritual/)

[Ray A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-a/)

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