Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 10/14

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




Foundation

"Taking this book down from our shelf
we turn to the page which contains the twelve steps.
Carefully reading the first five proposals
we ask if we have omitted anything,
for we are building an arch through which
we shall walk free at last.
Is our work solid so far?
Are the stones properly in place?
Have we skimped on the cement put into the foundation?
Have we tried to make mortar without sand?"
c.1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 75
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Thought to Consider . . .

This day I choose to spend in perfect peace.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
G R A C E = Gently Releasing All Conscious Expectations

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



Courtesy, Kindness, Justice and Love
Step Ten: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it."


We can try to stop making unreasonable demands upon those we love. We can show kindness where we had shown none. With those we dislike we can begin to practice justice and courtesy, perhaps going out of our way to understand and help them.

Whenever we fail any of these people, we can promptly admit it - to ourselves always, and to them also, when the admission would be helpful. Courtesy, kindness, justice, and love are the keynotes by which we may come into harmony with practically anybody. When in doubt we can always pause, saying, "Not my will, but Thine, be done." And we can often ask ourselves, "Am I doing to others as I would have them do to me - today?"

1981, AAWS, Inc., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 93

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Step Eleven suggests prayer and meditation. We shouldn't be shy
on this matter of prayer. Better men than we are using it constantly."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 85

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




If we examine every disturbance we have, great or small, we will find at the root of it some unhealthy dependency and its consequent unhealthy demand. Let us, with God's help, continually surrender these hobbling liabilities.
Then we can be set free to live and love; we may then be able to twelfth-step ourselves, as well as others, into emotional sobriety.

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Member Submitted Quote



First the man takes a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes the man.

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12 x 12 Quote

"This is only one man's opinion based on his own experience, of
course. I must quickly assure you that AA's tread innumerable paths
in their quest for faith. If you don't care for the one I've
suggested, you'll be sure to discover one that suits if only you look
and listen. Many a man like you has begun to solve the problem by the
method of substitution." (Twelve and Twelve, Step Two, pg. 27)