Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/19

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




Alternatives

If you are as seriously alcoholic as we were,
we believe there is no middle-of-the-road solution.
We were in a position where life was becoming impossible,
and if we had passed into the region
from which there is no return through human aid,
we had but two alternatives.
One was to go on to the bitter end,
blotting out the consciousness of our intolerable situation
as best we could, and the other,
to accept spiritual help.
This we did because we honestly wanted to,
and were willing to make the effort.
c. 1976, 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, pp. 25-6
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Thought to Consider . . .

If you always do what you've always done,
you will always be where you've always been.






*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
A B C = Acceptance, Belief, Change.

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


Simple
From "Freedom from Bondage":
"The A.A. members who sponsored me told me in the beginning that I would not only find a way to live without having a drink, but that I would find a way to live without wanting to drink, if I would do these simple things. They said if you want to know how this program works, take the first word of your question the 'H' is for honesty, the 'O' is for open-mindedness, and the 'W' is for willingness; these our Big Book calls the essentials of recovery."

2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pgs. 549-50

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

"...I humbly offered myself to God, as I then I understood Him, to do
with me as He would. I placed myself unreservedly under His care and
direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was
nothing; that without Him I was lost. I ruthlessly faced my sins and
became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and
branch."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Bill's Story, pg. 13~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Perhaps you raise the question of hallucination verses the divine imagery of a genuine spiritual experience. I doubt if anyone has authoritatively defined what an hallucination really is. However, it is certain that all recipients of spiritual experiences declare for their reality. The best evidence of that reality is in the subsequent fruits. Those who receive these gifts of grace are very much changed people, almost invariably for the better. This can scarcely be said of those who hallucinate.
Some might think me presumptuous when I say that my own experience is real. Nevertheless, I can surely report that in my own life and in the lives of countless others, the fruits of that experience have been real, and the benefactions beyond reckoning.

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Member Submitted Quote



Only through selflessly giving of ourselves to helping other's does one find true spiritual awakening! ( Jim C. )

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12 x 12 Quote

"Therefore, we who are alcoholics can consider ourselves fortunate
indeed. Each of us has had his own near-fatal encounter with the
juggernaut of self-will, and has suffered enough under its weight to be
willing to look for something better. So it is by circumstance rather
than by any virtue that we have been driven to AA, have admitted
defeat, have acquired the rudiments of faith, and now want to make a
decision to turn our will and our lives over to a Higher Power."
(Twelve and Twelve, Step Three, pg 37)