Recovery Thoughts and Quotes 5/2

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AA Thought for the Day
(courtesy AAOnline.net)

May 2, 2008

Utopia

There is, however, a vast amount of fun about it all.
I suppose some would be shocked at our seeming worldliness and levity.
But just underneath there is deadly earnestness.
Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish.
Most of us feel we need look no further for Utopia.
We have it with us right here and now.
Each day my friend's simple talk in our kitchen multiplies itself
in a widening circle of peace on earth and good will to men.
- Bill W.
© 2001 AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 16
With permission, Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc.


Thought to Ponder . . .

Take time to laugh -- it is the music of the soul.


AA-related 'Alconym' . . .

T L C = Tears, Laughter, Caring.

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AA Just For Today

Strong

From "From Loneliness to Solitude":

"A.A. members are not emotional cripples who need someone to hold their hands every moment of the day and night to prevent their falling. We grow up with the help of God, as we understand Him, and the fellowship of the group, and by applying the Twelve Steps to our lives."

© 1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 109

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12 x 12 Quote

"With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more
deeply the inner meaning of AA's simple prayer: God grant us the
serenity to accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the
things we can, And wisdom to know the difference." (Twelve and
Twelve, Step Twelve, pg. 125)

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AA 'Big Book' - Quote

When it will serve any good purpose, we are willing to announce our convictions with tact and common sense. - Pg. 77 - Into Action



"This painful past may be of infinite value to other families still
struggling with their problem. We think each family which has been
relieved owes something to those who have not, and when the occasion
requires, each member of it should be only too willing to bring
former mistakes, no matter how grievous, out of their hiding places.
Showing others who suffer how we were given help is the very thing
which makes life seem so worth while to us now."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 124~



"At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes
into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of
absolutely no avail. This tragic situation has already arrived in
practically every case long before it is suspected."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 24~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote

The New A.A. and His Family
When alcoholism strikes, very unnatural situations may develop which work against marriage partnership and compatible union. If the man is affected, the wife must become the head of the house, often the breadwinner. As matters get worse, the husband becomes a sick and irresponsible child who needs to be looked after and extricated from endless scrapes and impasses. Very gradually, usually without any realization of the fact, the wife is forced to become the mother of an erring boy, and the alcoholic alternately loves and hates her maternal care.
Under the influence of A.A.'[s Twelve Steps, these situations are often set right.
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Whether the family goes on a spiritual basis or not, the alcoholic member has to if he would recover. The others must be convinced of his new status beyond the shadow of a doubt. Seeing is believing to most families who have lived with a drinker.

1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, PP. 117-118
2. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, P. 135

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Member Submitted Quote

If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got.

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Humility

"I am still arrogant, self-righteous,
with no humility, even phony at times,
but I'm trying to be a better person
and help my fellowman.
Guess I'll never be a saint,
but whatever I am,
I want to be sober and in AA.
The word 'alcoholic' does not turn me off any more;
in fact, it is music to my ears
when it applies to me."

Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 463

Thought to Consider . . .

"Many people haven't even a nodding acquaintance
with humility as a way of life."

Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 70

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KISS
Keep It Simple, Surrender