Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/10

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





Selfishness

"So our troubles, we think, are basically of our own making.
They arise out of ourselves,
and the alcoholic is an extreme example of self-will run riot,
though he usually doesn't think so.
Above everything,
we alcoholics must be rid of this selfishness.
We must, or it kills us!"
c. 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 62
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Thought to Consider . . .

The smallest package in the world
is an alcoholic all wrapped up in himself.






*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
P A C E = Positive Attitudes Change Everything

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


Giving
From "A Vision for You":
"He [Bill W.] now returned home, leaving behind his first acquaintance [Dr. Bob], the lawyer and the devil-may-care chap. These men had found something brand new in life. Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they found in giving themselves for others."

2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 159

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Let no alcoholic say he cannot recover unless he has his family
back. This just isn't so. In some cases the wife will never come
back for one reason or another. Remind the prospect that his
recovery is not dependent upon people. It is dependent upon his
relationship with God. We have seen men get well whose families have
not returned at all. We have seen others slip when the family came
back too soon."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 99~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




It is necessary that we extricate from an examination of our personal relations every bit of information about ourselves and our fundamental difficulties that we can. Since defective relations with other human beings have nearly always been the immediate cause of our woes, including our alcoholism, no field of investigation could yield more satisfying and valuable rewards than this one.
Calm, thoughtful reflection upon personal relations can deepen our insight. We can go far beyond those things which were superficially wrong with us, to see those flaws which were basic, flaws which sometimes were responsible for the whole pattern of our lives. Thoroughness, we have found, will pay - and pay handsomely.

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Member Submitted Quote



New York Steps 1, 2, and 3: I can't, He can, so let Him!

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12 x 12 Quote

"It was a beehive of activity, all right, but unlike a beehive, it
was confusion compounded. An AA group, as such, simply couldn't
handle this sort of project. All too late that was discovered. Then
came the inevitable explosion, something like that day the boiler
burst in Wombley's Clapboard Factory. A chill choke-damp of fear and
frustration fell over the group." (Twelve and Twelve, Tradition Four,
pg. 149)