Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/12

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





Carrying the Message

"Alcoholics simply will not listen to a paid
twelfth-stepper.
Almost from the beginning,
we have been positive that face-to-face work
with the alcoholic who suffers could be based only
on the desire to help and be helped.
When an AA talks for money,
whether at a meeting or to a single newcomer,
it can have a very bad effect on him, too.
The money motive compromises him
and everything he says and does for his prospect.
This has always been so obvious
that only a very few AA's have ever worked the Twelfth Step
for a fee."
c. 1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 166
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Thought to Consider . .

There is no materialism in AA -- just spirituality.
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*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
H E A R T = Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering, Together

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


Decline
From "To Handle Sobriety":
"So when my liver had recovered after ten months, I resumed drinking. At first, just one drink, on occasion. Then drinks came more frequently but were carefully spaced out. Soon my drinking was as bad as ever all day long every day. But I was trying frantically to control it. And it had gone underground now, because everyone knew I shouldn't be drinking. Instead of drinking in fancy bars and clubs, I had to carry a bottle of vodka in my briefcase, duck into public toilets, and gulp from the bottle"

2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 556

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

"We do not like to pronounce any individual as alcoholic, but you can
quickly diagnose yourself, Step over to the nearest barroom and try
some controlled drinking. Try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it
more than once. It will not take long for you to decide, if you are
honest with yourself about it. It may be worth a bad case of jitters
if you get a full knowledge of your condition."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 31~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Our attitude toward the giving of time when compared with our attitude toward giving money presents an interesting contrast. We give a lot of our time to A.A. activities for our own protection and growth, but also for the sake of our groups, our areas, A.A. as a whole, and, above all, the newcomer. Translated into terms of money, these collective sacrifices would add up to a huge sum.
But when it comes to the actual spending of cash, particularly for A.A. service overhead, many of us are apt to turn a bit reluctant. We think of the loss of all that earning power in our drinking years, of those sums we might have laid by for emergencies or for education of the kids.
In recent years, this attitude is everywhere on the decline; it quickly disappears when the real need for a given A.A. service becomes clear. Donors can seldom see what the exact result has been. They well know, however, that countless thousands of other alcoholics and their families are being helped.

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Member Submitted Quote



I thought 'Easy Does It' was counting to ten before hitting someone.

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12 x 12 Quote

"Soon they'd spotted their man, an AA with the necessary experience.
Straightway he appeared at New York's AA headquarters, asking, 'Is
there anything in our tradition that suggests I shouldn't take a job
like this one? The kind of education seems good to me, and is not too
controversial. Do you headquarters folks see any bugs in it?'" (Twelve
and Twelve, Tradition Six, pg. 157)