Practicing These Principles

BILL says, in "The Milestones Ahead," "It is true that the love of one drunk for another is wonderful to behold." As we go all out to help another alkie in our Twelfth Step work, he says, "there is an expression of almost pure love, the kind of love that has no price tag on it." But in our association with others (to quote Bill again) "are we able to carry these principles into all our affairs? We sometimes quarrel a great deal, not often about things that matter too much, but there is a great deal of unnecessary anger, ambition, pride, a tendency to cling to people. All the problems of personal relationships which have to do with an emotional sobriety, a happy sobriety, are yet far from solution.