Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/17

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



Meetings

Through going to meetings and listening,
and occasionally speaking,
through doing Twelfth Step work,
whereby in helping others you are both the teacher
and the student,
by making many wonderful AA friends,
I have been taught all the things in life that are worth having.
c. 1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, (3rd Edition), p. 416
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Thought to Consider . . .

Meetings: A checkup from the neck up

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

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


Expansion
From "A Vision for You":
"Every few days this doctor suggests our approach to one of his patients. Understanding our work, he can do this with an eye to selecting those who are willing and able to recover on a spiritual basis. Many of us, former patients, go there to help. Then, in this eastern city, there are informal meetings such as we have described to you, where you may now see scores of members. There are the same fast friendships, there is the same helpfulness to one another"

2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 163

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


"If there be divorce or separation, there should be no undue haste
for the couple to get together. The man should be sure of his
recovery. The wife should fully understand his new way of life. If
their old relationship is to be resumed it must be on a better basis,
since the former did not work. This means a new attitude and spirit
all around. Sometimes it is to the best interests of all concerned
that a couple remain apart. Obviously, no rule can be laid down.
Let the alcoholic continue his program day by day. When the time for
living together has come, it will be apparent to both parties."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, Page 99

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Selfishness - self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles. Driven by a hundred forms of fear, self-delusion, self-seeking, and self-pity, we step on the toes of our fellows and they retaliate. Sometimes they hurt us, seemingly without provocation, but we invariably find that at some time in the past we have made decisions based on self which later placed us in a position to be hurt.

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!

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Member Submitted Quote



God speaks through people, I used to worry about which ones.

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12 x 12 Quote

"Under the lash of alcoholism, we are driven to AA, and there we
discover the fatal nature of our situation. Then, and only then, do we
become as open-minded to conviction and as willing to listen as the
dying can be. We stand ready to do anything which will lift the
merciless obsession from us." (Twelve and Twelve, Step One, pg. 24)