Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 9/22

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~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~



Faith

"While drinking, we were certain that our intelligence,
backed by will power, could rightly control our inner lives
and guarantee us success in the world around us.
This brave philosophy, wherein each man played God,
sounded good in the speaking,
but it still had to meet the acid test:
How well did it actually work?
one good look in the mirror was answer enough."
c. 1967AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 225
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Thought to Consider . . .

Faith is the substance of things hoped for,
and the evidence of things not seen

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
F A I T H = Finding Answers In The Heart

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*~*~*~*~*^Just For Today!^*~*~*~*~*



Another Difficulty
From: "To Wives"
Still another difficulty is that you may become jealous of the attention he bestows on other people, especially alcoholics. You have been starving for his companionship, yet he spends long hours helping other men and their families. You feel he should now be yours. The fact is that he should work with other people to maintain his own sobriety. Sometimes he will be so interested that he becomes really neglectful. Your house is filled with strangers. You may not like some of them. He gets stirred up about their troubles, but not at all about yours. It will do little good if you point that out and urge more attention for yourself. We find it a real mistake to dampen his enthusiasm for alcoholic work. You should join in his efforts as much as you possibly can. We suggest that you direct some of your thought to the wives of his new alcoholic friends. They need the counsel and love of a woman who has gone through what you have.

2001, AAWS, Inc., Alcoholics Anonymous, page 119

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family
back. This just isn't so. In some cases the wife will never come
back for one reason or another. Remind the prospect that his
recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent upon his
relationship with God. We have seen men get well whose families have
not returned at all. We have seen others slip when the family came
back too soon."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 99~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Though I still find it difficult to accept today's pain and anxiety with any great degree of serenity - as those more advanced in the spiritual life seem able to do - I can give thanks for present pain nevertheless.
I find the willingness to do this by contemplating the lessons learned from past suffering - lessons which have led to the blessings I now enjoy. I can remember how the agonies of alcoholism, the pain of rebellion and thwarted pride, have often led me to God's grace, and so to a new freedom.

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Member Submitted Quote



No seniority in AA - One drink and back to the vomit. - Campsie Mick - Sydney Australia - Submitted by Andy A.

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12 x 12 Quote

"Then I woke up. I had to admit that AA showed results, prodigious
results. I saw that my attitude regarding these had been anything but
scientific. It wasn't AA that had the closed mind, it was me. The
minute I stopped arguing, I could begin to see and feel. Right there,
Step Two gently and very gradually began to infiltrate my life. I
can't say upon what occasion or upon what day I came to believe in a
Power greater than myself, but I certainly have that belief now. To
acquire it, I had only to stop fighting and practice the rest of AA's
program as enthusiastically as I could." (Twelve and Twelve, Step
Two, pg. 27)