0,2The Promises
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  If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will
. be amazed before we are half way through. 
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  We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. 
. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
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. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace.
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. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how
. our experience can benefit others.
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. That feeling of uselessness and self pity will disappear.
. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in
. our fellows. Self - seeking will slip away. 
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. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of
. people and of economic insecurity  will leave us. We will
. intuitively know how to handle situations which used to
. baffle us.
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. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us
. what we could not do for ourselves.

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. Are these extravagant promises? We think not.
. They are being fulfilled among us - 
. sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. 

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. They will always materialize if we work for them.

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(AA's "Big Book" page 83-84)