Humility

You get just a little sobriety, and you get just a little humility.
Not much, just a little.
Not the humility of sackcloth and ashes,but the humility of a man who's glad he's alive and can serve.
You get just a little tolerance, not too much,but just enough to sit and listen to the other guy.
Somewhere along the line, if you've forgotten how to pray,you learn a little about that too. . . And you realize that if you put all this together, you get a little humility,a little tolerance, a little honesty, a little sincerity, a little prayer-- and a lot of AA.

-- Experience, Strength and Hope, pp. 201-202