Recovery Thoughts and Quotes - 4/13

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AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net)

April 13, 2008

Something

In my view, some of the evidences of a spiritual awakening are:
maturity; an end to habitual hatred; the ability to love and to be loved in return;
the ability to believe, even without understanding,
that Something lets the sun rise in the morning and set at night,
makes the leaves come out in the spring and drop off in the fall,
and gives the birds song.
Why not let this Something be God?
© 1973 AAWS, Came To Believe . . ., p. 48
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder . . .

I would rather live my life as if there is a God
and die to find out there isn't,
than live my life as if there isn't, and die to find out there is.


AA-related 'Alconym' . . .

G O D = Good Orderly Direction.

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AA 'Big Book' - Quote

Argument and fault-finding are to be avoided like the plague. - Pg. 98 - Working With Others



"The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of
others. Hearts are broken. Sweet relationships are dead.
Affections have been uprooted. Selfish and inconsiderate habits have
kept the home in turmoil. We feel a man is unthinking when he says
that sobriety is enough"
~Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 82~



"When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to
participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being
helpful if you do. But urge upon a man's family that he has been a
very sick person and should be treated accordingly. You should warn
against arousing resentment or jealousy. You should point out that
his defects of character are not going to disappear over night. Show
them that he has entered upon a period of growth. Ask them to
remember, when they are impatient, the blessed fact of his sobriety."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 100~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote

Our New Employer

We had a new Employer. Being all powerful, He provided what we needed, if we kept close to Him and performed His work well.
Established on such a footing, we became less and less interested in ourselves, our little plans and designs. More and more we became interested in seeing what we could contribute to life.
As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow, or the hereafter. We were reborn.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 63

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12 x 12

"Nearly every sound human being experiences, at some time in life, a
compelling desire to find a mate of the opposite sex with whom the
fullest possible union can be made--spiritual, mental, emotional, and
physical. This mighty urge is the root of great human accomplishments,
a creative energy that deeply influences our lives. God fashioned us
that way. So our question will be this: How, by ignorance, compulsion,
and self-will, do we misuse this gift for own destruction? We AA's
cannot pretend to offer full answers to age-old perplexities, but our
own experience does provide certain answers that work for us." (Twelve
and Twelve, Step Twelve, pg. 117)

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Amends

"Learning how to live in the greatest peace,
partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women,
of whatever description, is a moving
and fascinating adventure.
Every AA has found that he can make little headway
in this new adventure of living until he first backtracks
and really makes an accurate and unsparing survey
of the human wreckage he has left in his wake."
Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 77
As Bill Sees It, p. 145

Thought to Consider . . .

We are as sick as our secrets.



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DENIAL
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