The 12 steps represent the Alcoholics Anonymous' program in its entirety. All of these 12 steps are meant to be practiced as a way of life on an ongoing basis. Thus, if we are not practicing all 12 steps, we are not following the complete program. Accordingly, we cannot expect all the rewards and promises the program offers. We may stay sober but deny ourselves the true joy in living, inner peace and the purposeful life we are after.
That, Wine was not imported among us from foreign Countries, to supply the Wand of Water or other Drinks, but because it was a Sort of Liquid which made us merry, by putting us out of Our Senses; diverted all melancholy Thoughts, begat wild extravagant Imaginations in the Brain, raised our Hopes, and banished our Fears; suspended every Office of Reason for a Time, and deprived us the Use of our Limbs, until we fell into a profound Sleep; although it must be confessed, that we always awaked sick and dispirited; and that the Use of this Liquor filled us with Diseases, which made our Lives uncomfortable and short.
-“A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms”, Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift
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