We Drank To Get The Results We Now Get From Not Drinking

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WE DRANK TO GET THE RESULTS
WE NOW GET FROM NOT DRINKING
We drank: to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
By not drinking: we know a new .freedom and a new happiness.
We drank: so as not to regret the past and to shut the door on it.
By not drinking: we do not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
We drank: to comprehend the word serenity and to know peace.
By not drinking: we comprehend the word serenity and we know peace.
We drank: to feel that no matter how far down the scale we have gone, we
could see how our experience could benefit others.
By not drinking: we knew that no matter how far down the scale we have
gone, we see how our experience can benefit others.
We drank: so the feeling of uselessness and self-pity would disappear.
By not drinking: the feeling of uselessness and self-pity slip away.
We drank: to lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our
fellows.
By not drinking: we lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in
our fellows.
We drank: to lose the feeling of self-seeking.
By not drinking: we lose the feeling of self-seeking.
We drank: to change our whole attitude and outlook upon life.
By not drinking: our whole attitude and outlook upon life changes.
We drank: to lose the fear of people and of economic insecurity.
By not drinking: we lose the fear of people and of economic
insecurity.
We drank: to figure our how to handle situations which used to baffle us.
By not drinking: we intuitively know how to handle situations which used to
baffle us.
We drank: because we could not do things for ourselves that we wanted to
do.
By not drinking: we realize that God is doing for us what we can not do for
ourselves.
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