“The 14 year speaker remarked that looking back on his life after taking and practicing A.A.’s twelve steps, it became apparent to him that emotionally, his teenage years lasted for many decades.”
Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how Spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations.
— Samuel Ullman
.. they often lack emotional sobriety. Perhaps they will be the spearhead for the next major development in AA—the development of much more real maturity and balance (which is to say, humility) in our relations with ourselves, with our fellows, and with God.
—Bill Wilson, letter January 1958
