My Ego says..
I'M NOT DIFFERENT In the beginning, it was four whole years before A.A. brought permanent sobriety to even one alcoholic woman. Like the "high bottoms," the women said they were different; . . . The Skid-Rower said he was different . . . so did the artists and the professional people, the rich, the poor, the religious, the agnostic, the Indians and the Eskimos, the veterans, and the prisoners. . . . nowadays all of these, and legions more, soberly talk about how very much alike all of us alcoholics are when we admit that the chips are finally down. — AS BILL SEES IT, p. 24 When I first walked into the rooms, I felt different. My character defects and my ego were both telling me I didn't belong there. I was scared, nervous, anxious because I feared not being accepted. I feared I would have to make drastic changes and that scared the heck out of me. Some of the reasons my Ego gave me was I'm different because I didn't have to do prison time or ove...
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