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“Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish.”
“Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish.” — Alcoholics Anonymous (1939) · Chapter 1 · Bill's StoryWhere it comes from
From the closing pages of “Bill’s Story,” the first chapter of the 1939 book.
Today’s reflectionFaith here isn’t a Sunday thing or a crisis hotline — it’s described as a working shift that never ends. That sounds demanding until you flip it: something is on duty around the clock so you don’t have to be. The day still has to be lived an hour at a time, but it doesn’t have to be lived alone at any of them. What would the next hour look like if you actually believed backup was on shift?
Read the original passage · Bill\u2019s Story, 1939 →Step 11 · Daily faithQuote from the 1939 first edition of Alcoholics Anonymous (public domain). Reflection original to coloradosober.com. This site is independent and not affiliated with or endorsed by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.
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