“Towards the end of my drinking, I did not have enough power to divorce myself from my self-will. The large metaphorical monthly alimony payment insured the depletion of the small amount of morality and hope that I still possessed.”
Paying alimony is like buying hay for a dead horse.
— Groucho Marx
So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making. They arise out of ourselves, and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot, though he usually doesn’t think so. We hope you are convinced now that God can remove whatever self-will has blocked you off from Him.
— Page 62 Alcoholics Anonymous
