“Sitting across from the semi-coherent drunk, I knew I was looking at myself - if not for God’s grace and a small amount of willingness on my part. Offering kindness and compassion to this lost soul became the most important task that I had before me.”
Three things in human life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.
— Henry James
This seemed to prove that one alcoholic could affect another as no nonalcoholic could. It also indicated that strenuous work, one alcoholic with another, was vital to permanent recovery.
— Page xvii Alcoholics Anonymous
