# A "Limitless Lode'

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**Category:** Recovery\
**Created:** [September 22, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://forum04.loosid.cc/t/a-limitless-lode/149148 "2026-09-22T10:18:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://forum04.loosid.cc/t/a-limitless-lode/149148/1 "2026-09-22T10:18:54Z")

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Like a gaunt prospector, belt drawn in over the last ounce of food, our pick struck gold. Joy at our release from a lifetime of frustration knew no bounds. Father feels he has struck something better than gold. For a time he may try to hug the new treasure to himself. He may not see at once that he has barely scratched a limitless lode which will pay dividends only if he mines it for the rest of his life and insists on giving away the entire product.  
— ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, pp. 128-29

When I talk with a newcomer to A.A., my past looks me straight in the face. I see the pain in those hopeful eyes, I extend my hand, and then the miracle happens: I become healed. My problems vanish as I reach out to this trembling soul.