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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