Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 10/3

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



Demonstration

"Men and women who use alcohol as an escape
are not the only ones who are afraid of life,
hostile to the world, fleeing from it into loneliness.
Millions who are not alcoholics
are living today in illusory worlds,
nurturing the basic anxieties and insecurities
of human existence
rather than face themselves with courage and humility.
To these people, AA can offer as a cure no magic potion,
no chemical formula, no powerful drug.
But it can demonstrate to them how to use the tools
of humility, honesty, devotion, and love,
which indeed are the heart of the Twelve Steps
of our recovery."
c.1957AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, p. 279
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Thought to Consider . . .

AA Is like an adjustable wrench, it fits almost any nut.





*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
H O P E = Help Open People's Eyes

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



Searching for the Positives
From: "Changing Beliefs"

Slowly and painfully, I became aware of myself. I began to see it wasn’t true that I didn’t believe in anything. Rather, I had believed in the wrong things:

I had believed I needed a drink for confidence.

I had believed I was unattractive.

I had believed I was unworthy.

I had believed no one loved me.

I had believed I never had a break.



Someone said at a closed meeting, “There is good in all of us. Seek it out, nurture it, tend it, and it will flourish.� So I began searching for the positives within me. I realized that my feeling of inferiority was just one aspect of ego, and the arrogance I projected was the other. I must find the center median. So I tried to act as if:

AA was giving me confidence.

I had an attractive personality, even though I was not beautiful.

I was worthy, like all others.

I loved myself and could therefore love others.

Faith was freeing me from the fear that had always gripped me.



1973, AAWS, Inc., Came to Believe…, pages 103-104

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Another principle we observe carefully is that we do not relate
intimate experiences of another person unless we are sure he would
approve. We find it better, when possible, to stick to our own
stories. A man may criticize or laugh at himself and it will affect
others favorably, but criticism or ridicule coming from another often
produces the contrary effect."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 125

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Only one consideration should qualify our desire for a complete disclosure of the damage we have done. That will arise where a full revelation would seriously harm the one to whom we are making amends. Or - quite as important - other people. We cannot, for example, unload a detailed account of extramarital adventuring upon the shoulders of our unsuspecting wife or husband.
It does not lighten our burden when we recklessly make the crosses of others heavier.

In making amends, we should be sensible, tactful, considerate, and humble without being servile or scraping. As God's people, we stand on our feet; we don't crawl before anyone.

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Member Submitted Quote



It's OK to drink like a fish, as long as you drink what a fish drinks. ( Jim M. )

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12 x 12 Quote

"Countless times, in as many cities and hamlets, we reenacted the story
of Eddie Rickenbacker and his courageous company when their plane
crashed in the Pacific. Like us, they had suddenly found themselves
saved from death, but still floating upon a perilous sea. How well they
saw that their common welfare came first. None might become selfish of
water or bread. Each needed to consider the others, and in abiding
faith they knew they must find their real strength. And this they did
find, in measure to transcend all the defects of their frail craft,
every test of uncertainty, pain, fear, and despair, and even the death
of one." (Twelve and Twelve, Tradition One, pg. 131)