“No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.” — Alcoholics Anonymous (1939) · Chapter 6 · Into Action
From the Promises in Chapter 6 of the 1939 first edition.
The Promises save their best math for the worst stories: the further down you went, the further down you can reach. Somewhere there’s a person who will only believe recovery is possible when they hear it from someone who’s been exactly where they are — and on that day, every year you’d pay to erase becomes the credential. Nothing in the story is wasted. Even the chapters you can’t say out loud yet.
The Promises