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January 2003

The Nature Of Success

Selections reprinted from the Grapevine's online forum

AA on Tap


A year ago today I posted a message about the problem of staying sober while working in a bar. Although other folks think that it's different from trying to get sober anyplace else, it's not. I had tried to get sober a bunch of times using all my willpower. Guess what? That willpower stuff didn't work a bit! It wasn't until I completely surrendered and asked a God I never knew existed to help me that I got sober. The obsession left me, and I discovered a life of such immense joy.

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