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Gratitude Should Go Forward

“Gratitude should go forward, rather than backward.

“In other words, if you carry the message to still others, you will be making the best possible repayment for the help given to you.”

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No satisfaction has been deeper and no joy greater than in a Twelfth Step job well done. To watch the eyes of men and women open with wonder as they move from darkness into light, to see their lives quickly fill with new purpose and meaning, and above all to watch them awaken to the presence of a loving God in their lives—these things are the substance of what we receive as we carry A.A.’s message.

1. LETTER, 1959

2. TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 110