Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/11

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




Show Business

"The first requirement is that we be convinced
that any life run on self-will can hardly be a success.
On that basis we are almost always in collision
with something or somebody,
even though our motives are good.
Most people try to live by self-propulsion.
Each person is like an actor
who wants to run the whole show;
is forever trying to arrange the lights, the ballet,
the scenery and the rest of the players in his own way.
If his arrangements would only stay put,
if only people would do as he wished,
the show would be great.
Everybody, including himself, would be pleased.
Life would be wonderful."
c. 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 60-1
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Thought to Consider . . .
I can't do His will my way.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
P R I D E = Pretty Ridiculous Individual Directing Everything

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


Promoter among Promoters
AA History
In The Doctors Opinion,� Dr. Silkworth described a patient brought to him for treatment of chronic alcoholism who had only partially recovered from a gastric hemorrhage, and seemed to be in a pathological state of mental deterioration.

This man was Hank P. His story in the first edition of the Big Book was titled "The Unbeliever" (Experience, Strength & Hope, page 5). Hank worked for Standard Oil of New Jersey. He was a high-pressure kind of guy. He was called a "promoter among promoters". He was a partner with Bill W in the Honor Dealers Car Polish Company, which they started to earn some money while AA was still being developed. Hank also wrote

Chapter 7 of the Big Book, "Working with Others.�

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Outsiders are sometimes shocked when we burst into merriment over a
seemingly tragic experience out of the past. But why shouldn't
we laugh? We have recovered, and have been given the power to help
others."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 132~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Creation gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them we wouldn't be complete human beings. If men and women didn't exert themselves to be secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct shelter, there would be no survival. If they didn't reproduce, the earth wouldn't be populated. If there were no social instinct, there would be no society.
Yet these instincts, so necessary for our existence, often far exceed their proper functions. Powerfully, blindly, many times subtly, they drive us, dominate us, and insist upon ruling our lives.

We tried to shape a sane ideal for our future sex life. We subjected each relation to this test: Was it selfish or not? We asked God to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them. We remembered always that our sex powers were God-given and therefore good, neither to be used lightly or selfishly nor to be despised and loathed.

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Member Submitted Quote



Those who would have nothing to do with thorns must never attempt to gather flowers.

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12 x 12 Quote

"'Okay,' he said. 'Give me the business.' 'Well,' said I, 'I think
you're just a conceited Irishman who thinks he can run the whole show.'
This really rocked him. But as he calmed down, he began to listen while
I tried to show him that humility was the main key to sobriety.
Finally, he saw that I wasn't attempting to change his religious views,
that I wanted him to find the grace in his own religion that would aid
his recovery. From there on we got along fine." (Twelve and Twelve,
Tradition Five, pg. 153)