Ben spoke about his experience with the second paragraph on page 89 in chapter 7

“… When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the presence of God is today the most important fact in their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith”

“Here in there once in a while..”

“When the spiritual malady is overcome, we straighten out mentally and physically.”

“And we have ceased fighting...”

Pg. 24 & 84

Frederick talks about the insanity of the first drink and being restored to sanity

“We reviewed our fears thoroughly. We put them on paper, even though we had no resentment in connection with them. We asked ourselves why we had them. Wasn’t it because self-reliance had failed us? Self reliance was good as far as it went, but it didn’t go far enough. Some of us once had great self-confidence, but it didn’t fully solve the fear problem, or any other. When it made us cocky, it was worse.”

“Lack of power that was our dilemma…”

“These observations would be academic and pointless if our friend never took the first drink...”

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We learned that we had to fully concede to our innermost served that we were alcoholics. This is the first step in recovery. The delusion that we are like other people, or presently maybe, has to be smashed.”