Such is the paradox of AA regeneration:
strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness,
the loss of one's old life
as a condition for finding a new one.
But we of AA do not have to understand this paradox;
we have only to be grateful for it.
Paradox: We surrender to win;
we give away to keep;
we suffer to get well;
we die to live.
H J F = Happy, Joyous, Free.
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