Quote October 11 2012
"As long as I am willing to do what I am called to do in any given moment and to abandon the effort to control the results of my actions, then I am following the path that my Higher Power – call it God, Good Orderly Direction, the soul, the life force, or anything else – has set out for me."
Thompson, Pa., March 1997From: "A Remarkable Sensation" AA Grapevine
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May 2015
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September 2014
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July 2013
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Going Bananas?
April 2013
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Anonymous
| Georgia
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Beyond my reach
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MARK E.
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