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“We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed.”
“We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed.” — Alcoholics Anonymous (1939) · Chapter 2 · There Is a SolutionWhere it comes from
From Chapter 2, describing what the first members found on the other side of the steps.
Today’s reflection“Rocketed” — not nudged, not gradually improved. The early members reached for space-age language before the space age, because “feeling better” undersold it. They weren’t describing a life with the drinking subtracted; they were describing a dimension they didn’t know existed. Recovery’s best-kept secret is that the ceiling isn’t “back to normal.” Normal was never the destination. Stay curious about how good this can actually get.
Read the original passage · There Is a Solution, 1939 →Recovery · WonderQuote from the 1939 first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (public domain). Reflection original to pennsylvaniasober.com. This site is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
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