Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 10/13

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




Acceptance
"And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today.
When I am disturbed,
it is because I find some person, place, thing, situation --
some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me,
and I can find no serenity until I accept
that person, place, thing, or situation
as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake.
Until I could accept my alcoholism, I could not stay sober;
unless I accept life completely on life's terms,
I cannot be happy.
I need to concentrate not so much
on what needs to be changed in the world
as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes."
Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition p. 417
Copyright 1976 A.A.W.S. Inc.

Thought to Consider . . .

Acceptance is not submission;
it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation,
then deciding what you're going to do about it.





*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change

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


All You Will Need
From: "A Vision for You"
Thus we grow. And so can you, though you be but one man with this book in your hand. We believe and hope it contains all you will need to begin.

We know what you are thinking. You are saying to yourself: "I'm jittery and alone. I couldn't do that." But you can. You forget that you have just now tapped a source of power much greater than yourself. To duplicate, with such backing, what we have accomplished is only a matter of willingness, patience and labor.

2001, AAWS, Inc., Alcoholics Anonymous, pages 162-163

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

"...we have ceased fighting anything or anyone even alcohol."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 84~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Aspects of Spirituality

'Among A.A.'s there is still a vast amount of mix-up respecting what is material and what is spiritual. I prefer to believe that it is all a matter of motive. If we use our worldly possessions too selfishly, then we are materialists. But if we share these possessions in helpfulness to others, then the material aids the spiritual.'

'The idea keeps persisting that the instincts are primarily bad and are the roadblocks before which all spirituality falters. I believe that the difference between good and evil is not the difference between spiritual and instinctual man; it is the difference between proper and improper use of the instinctual. Recognition and right channeling of the instinctual are the essence of achieving wholeness.

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Member Submitted Quote



Whenever you fall, pick something up. ( Oswald Avery )

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12 x 12 Quote

"It was obviously necessary to raise the bottom the rest of us had hit
to the point where it would hit them. By going back in our own drinking
histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out
of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was
indeed the beginning of a fatal progression. To the doubters we could
say, 'Perhaps you're not an alcoholic after all. Why don't you try some
more controlled drinking, bearing in mind meanwhile what we have told
you about alcoholism?' This attitude brought immediate and practical
results." (Twelve and Twelve, Step One, pg. 23)