"How dark it is before the dawn! In……" — Bill W.
"How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch. I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes."
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34 Quotes by Bill W.
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I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When…
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Nothing can be more demoralizing than a clinging and abject dependence upon another human being. This often amounts to the…
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