Self-PIty is a Luxury We Cannot Afford

"Self-pity is one of the most unhappy and consuming defects that we know. It is
a bar to all spiritual progress and can cut off all effective communication with our
fellows because of its inordinate demands for attention and sympathy. It is a maudlin form of martyrdom, which we can ill afford.

"The remedy? Well, let's have a hard look at ourselves, and a still harder one
at A.A.'s Twelve Steps to recovery. When we see how many of our fellow A.A.'s have
used the Steps to transcend great pain and adversity, we shall be inspired to try these life-giving principles for ourselves."

c. 1967, As Bill Sees It, page 238