- I declare my complete control over alcohol and everything else; and further declare that my life is in perfect order.
- I recognize no power as great as I am; nor any person as smart as I am, and if you don’t like it come outside.
- I made a decision to run my life and everyone else’s life to suit only me – and I pity those who get in my way.
- I make a searching and through inventory of everyone other than myself – and find them woefully lacking in all respects; and I never hesitate to tell them so.
- I admitted to no one, including, God and Myself, that there could possibly be anything wrong with me, or my actions.
- I went to extreme efforts to protect and increase my defects of character-and did a little drinking besides.
- I continued my obnoxious arrogant air of asking no one for anything-my Big Eye was for telling, not asking.
- I kept a complete list of all persons who had harmed me, either real or imaginary, and swore to get even with them all.
- I got even where possible, except when to do so might injure me.
- I continued to whine and complain about everything to everyone and, when I was right, promptly reminded them.
- I sought through scheming and conniving to materially improve myself – at the expense of my fellow man. I ever hesitate, when the opportunity presents itself, to bring disaster and misery to anyone who happens to cross my path.
- Having had a complete moral, physical, financial and spiritual breakdown, all of my remaining effort was directed toward dragging those near me – and dear to me – down to these same depths of despair; And I did a little drinking too.
—from The Grapevine