Promises

1. We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness.
2. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it.
3. We will comprehend the word, "Serenity", and we will know "Peace".
4. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others.
5. Feelings of uselessness and self-pity will disappear.
6. We will lose interest in selfish things.
7. We will gain interest in our fellows.
8. Self-seeking will slip away.
9. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change.
10. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us.
11. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which use to baffle us.
12. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves.

Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 83–84.