Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/14

[thereishope]

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




Cordial Welcome

But life among Alcoholics Anonymous
is more than attending gatherings and visiting hospitals.
Cleaning up old scrapes,
helping to settle family differences,
explaining the disinherited son to his irate parents,
lending money and securing jobs for each other,
when justified -- these are everyday occurrences.
No one is too discredited or has sunk too low
to be welcomed cordially -- if he means business.
c. 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 161
^*^*^*^*^

Thought to Consider . . .

If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light.
Take off all your envies, jealousies,
unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears.






*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
H E A R T = Healing, Enjoying, And Recovering, Together

[thereishope]

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


Search
From "Changing Beliefs":
"Slowly and painfully, I became aware of myself. I began to see it wasn't true that I didn't believe in anything. Rather, I had believed in the wrong things 'There is good in all of us. Seek it out, nurture it, tend it, and it will flourish.' So I began searching for the positives within me."

1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 103

[thereishope]

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

"We, in our turn, sought the same escape with all the desperation of
drowning men. What seemed at first a flimsy reed, has proved to be
the loving and powerful hand of God. A new life has been given us
or, if you prefer, "a design for living" that really works."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 28~

[thereishope]

Misc. AA Literature - Quote




As a society we must never become so vain as to suppose that we are authors and inventors of a new religion. We will humbly reflect that every one of A.A.'s principles has been borrowed from ancient sources.

A minister in Thailand wrote, 'We took A.A.'s Twelve Steps to the largest Buddhist monastery in this province, and the head priest said, 'Why, these Steps are fine! For us as Buddhists, it might be slightly more acceptable if you had inserted the word 'good' in your Steps instead of 'God.' Nevertheless, you say that it is God as you understand Him, and that must certainly include the good. Yes, A.A.s Twelve Steps will surely be accepted by the Buddhists around here.'

St. Louis oldtimers recall how Father Edward Dowling helped start their group; it turned out to be largely Protestant, but this fazed him not a bit.'

[thereishope]

Member Submitted Quote



Remember yourself as the whole person you are and accept yourself as you are.

[thereishope]

12 x 12 Quote

"Perhaps the fear will always lurk in every AA heart that one day our
name will be exploited by somebody for real cash. Even the suggestion
of such a thing never fails to whip up a hurricane, and we have
discovered that hurricanes have a way of mauling with equal severity
both the just and the unjust. They are always unreasonable." (Twelve
and Twelve, Tradition Eight, pg. 169)