Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 10/15

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




The Gift

"Perhaps there is a better way -- we think so.
For we are now on a different basis of trusting
and relying upon God.
We trust infinite God rather than our finite selves.
We are in the world to play the role He assigns.
Just to the extent that we do as we think He would have us,
and humbly rely on Him,
does He enable us to match calamity with serenity."
c.1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 68
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Thought to Consider . . .

What I am is God's gift to me.
What I make of myself is my gift to Him.






*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
G I F T = God Is Forever There

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


Clothing Drop Box

From: "My Bottle, My Resentments and Me"

By this time I was so wild-eyed and filthy, people would shy away from me. I hated the look of fear on their faces when they saw me. They looked at me as if I were not human, and maybe I wasn't. In one large city I took to sleeping on the grates with a piece of plastic over me so I wouldn't freeze. One night I found a clothing drop box I could get into; it made a nice warm place to sleep and I could get new clothes in the morning. In the middle of the night someone threw in more clothes. I opened the top, looked out and shouted, "Thanks!" That woman threw up her hands and ran away screaming, "Lordy, Lordy!" She jumped in her car and screeched off.

2001, AAWS, Inc., Alcoholics Anonymous, page 441

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental
defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither
he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense
must come from a Higher Power."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 43~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Sometimes I would be forced to look at situations where I was doing badly. Right away, the search for excuses would become frantic.
'These,' I would exclaim, 'are really a good man's faults.' When that pet gadget broke apart, I would think, 'Well, if those people would only treat me right, I wouldn't have to behave the way I do.' Next was this: 'God well knows that I do have awful compulsions. 1 just can't get over this one. So He will have to release me.' At last came the time when I would shout, 'This, I positively will not do! I won't even try.'
Of course, my conflicts went right on mounting, because I was simply loaded with excuses, refusals, and outright rebellion.

In self-appraisal, what comes to us alone may be garbled by our own rationalization and wishful thinking. The benefit of talking to another person is that we can get his direct comment and counsel on our situation.

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Member Submitted Quote



He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

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12 x 12 Quote

"Let's examine for a moment this idea of dependence at the level of
everyday living. In this area it is startling to discover how dependent
we really are, and how unconscious of that dependence. Every modern
house has electric wiring carrying power and light to its interior. We
are delighted with this dependence; our main hope is that nothing will
ever cut off the supply of current. By so accepting our dependence upon
this marvel of science, we find ourselves more independent personally.
Not only are we more independent, we are even more comfortable and
secure. Power flows just where it is needed. Silently and surely,
electricity, that strange energy so few people understand, meets our
simplest daily needs, and our most desperate ones, too. Ask the polio
sufferer confined to an iron lung who depends with complete trust upon
a motor to keep the breath of life in him." (Twelve and Twelve, Step
Three, pg. 36)