Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 9/29

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



Booby Traps

"We must avoid quick-tempered criticism
and furious, power-driven argument.
The same goes for sulking and silent scorn.
These are emotional booby traps baited with pride
and vengefulness.
Our first job is to sidestep the traps.
When we are tempted by the bait,
we should train ourselves to step back and think.
For we can neither think nor act to good purpose
until the habit of self-restraint has become automatic."
c.1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 91
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Thought to Consider . . .

Nothing pays off like restraint of tongue and pen.





*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
B A T H = Behavior, Attitude, Thinking, Habits

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




Greatest Possession
From: "The Family Afterward"
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. Cling to the thought that, in God's hands, the dark past is the greatest possession you have - the key to life and happiness for others. With it you can avert death and misery for them.

2001, AAWS, Inc., Alcoholics Anonymous, page 124

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*


"God has abundantly supplied this world with fine doctors,
psychologists, and practitioners of various kinds. Do not hesitate to
take your health problems to such persons. Most of them give
freely of themselves, that their fellows may enjoy sound minds and
bodies."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 133~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




The life of each A.A. and of each group is built around our Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions. We know that the penalty for extensive disobedience to these principles is death for the individual and dissolution for the group. But an even greater force for A.A.'s unity is our compelling love for our fellow members and for our principles.

You might think the people at A.A.'s headquarters in New York would surely have to have some personal authority. But, long ago, trustees and secretaries alike found they could do no more than make very mild suggestions to the A.A. groups.
They even had to coin a couple of sentences which still go into half the letters they write: 'Of course you are at perfect liberty to handle this matter any way you please. But the majority experience in A.A. does seem to suggest...'
A.A. world headquarters is not a giver of orders. It is, instead, our largest transmitter of the lessons of experience.

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Member Submitted Quote



Surrender has nothing to do with giving up - it simply means to stop fighting. ( Suzz )

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12 x 12 Quote

"After taking this preliminary trial at making amends, we may enjoy
such a sense of relief that we conclude our task is finished. We will
want to rest on our laurels. The temptation to skip the more
humiliating and dreaded meetings that still remain may be great. We
will often manufacture plausible excuses for dodging these issues
entirely. Or we may just procrastinate, telling ourselves the time is
not yet, when in reality we have already passed up many a fine chance
to right a serious wrong. Let's not talk prudence while practicing
evasion." (Twelve and Twelve, Step Nine, pg. 85)