Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/8

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




Solution

"There is a solution.
Almost none of us liked the self-searching,
the leveling of our pride,
the confession of shortcomings,
which the process requires for its
successful consummation.
But we saw that it really worked in others,
and we had come to believe
in the hopelessness and futility of life
as we had been living it. . .
We have found much of heaven
and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension
of existence of which we had not even dreamed."
c. 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous (Fourth Edition), p. 25
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Thought to Consider . . .

The solution is simple. The solution is spiritual.





*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
H O P E = Happy Our Program Exists

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


Apology
From "Our Side of the Street":
I made amends to my dad soon after I quit drinking. My words fell on deaf ears since I had blamed him for my troubles. Several months later I made amends to my dad again. This time I wrote a letter in which I did not blame him or mention his faults. It worked, and at last I understood! My side of the street is all that I'm responsible for and thanks to God and A.A. it's clean for today."

1990 AAWS, Inc.; Daily Reflections, pg. 259

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on
our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a
subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is
a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual
condition."

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

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




The unique ability of each A.A. to identify himself with, and bring recovery to, the newcomer in no way depends upon his learning, his eloquence, or any special individual skills. The only thing that matters is that he is an alcoholic who has found a key to sobriety.

In my first conversation with Dr. Bob, I bore down heavily on the medical hopelessness of his case, freely using Dr. Silkworth's words describing the alcoholic's dilemma, the 'obsession plus allergy' theme. Though Bob was a doctor, this was news to him, bad news. And the fact that I was an alcoholic and knew what I was talking about from personal experience made the blow a shattering one.
You see, our talk was a completely mutual thing. I had quit preaching. I knew that I needed this alcoholic as much as he needed me.

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Member Submitted Quote



If you continually give you will continually have.

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12 x 12 Quote

"The elder statesman is the one who sees the wisdom of the group's
decision, who holds no resentment over his reduced status, whose
judgment, fortified by considerable experience, is sound, and who is
willing to sit quietly on the sidelines patiently awaiting
developments. The bleeding deacon is one who is just as surely
convinced that the group cannot get along without him, who constantly
connives for reelection to office, and who continues to be consumed
with self-pity. A few hemorrhage so badly that--drained of all AA
spirit and principle--they get drunk." (Twelve and Twelve, Tradition
Two, pg. 135)