Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/9

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




Belonging

"Perhaps one of the greatest rewards
of meditation and prayer
is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
We no longer live in a completely hostile world.
We are no longer lost and frightened and purposeless.
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will,
the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love
as the real and eternal things in life,
we are no longer deeply disturbed
by all the seeming evidence to the contrary
that surrounds us in purely human affairs."
c. 1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 105
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Thought to Consider . . .

Veni, vidi, velcro ... I came, I saw, I stuck around.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
A A = Adventurers Anonymous

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


Not-Worrying
From "A Practical Philosophy:"
"None of us has to understand God or worry
about things beyond our control. We can indulge
ourselves in the luxury of not-worrying. Any of
us can handle just one day; all each of us has to
try at is our own job, our own family life. We
don't have to try fixing up the whole world or
understanding what no theologian of any faith
has ever understood.
"We simply stop messing in God's business."

c. 1973, Came to Believe..., page 116

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"In dealing with resentments, we set them on paper. We listed
people, institutions or principles with whom we were angry. We asked
ourselves why we were angry. In most cases it was found that our
self-esteem, our pocketbooks, our ambitions, our personal
relationships,(including sex) were hurt or threatened."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 64~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




'As sobriety means long life and happiness for the individual, so does unity mean exactly the same thing to our Society as a whole. Unified we live; disunited we shall perish.'

'We must think deeply of all those sick ones still to come to A.A. As they try to make their return to faith and to life, we want them to find everything in A.A. that we have found, and yet more, if that be possible. No care, no vigilance, no effort to preserve A.A.s constant effectiveness and spiritual strength will ever be too great to hold us in full readiness for the day of their homecoming.'

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Member Submitted Quote



Don't Entertain The Thought.

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12 x 12 Quote

"A newcomer appeared at one of these groups, knocked on the door and
asked to be let in. He talked frankly with that group's oldest member.
He soon proved that his was a desperate case, and that above all he
wanted to get well. 'But,' he asked, 'will you let me join your group?
Since I am the victim of another addiction even worse stigmatized than
alcoholism, you may not want me among you. Or will you?'" (Twelve and
Twelve, Tradition Three, pg. 141)