Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/21

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




Freedom
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"Through AA, we can experience freedom from self.
After all, it was self ( you, me ) that stood in our own way,
that ran the show and ran ourselves into bankruptcy,
that hurt the ones we loved.
All Twelve Steps of AA are designed to kill the old self
( deflate the old ego )
and build a new, free self."
1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 459
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Thought to Consider . . .

Within our wonderful new world,
we have found freedom from our fatal obsession.

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

Honesty
From "Inner Voice":
"Long before nagging and pressures from others concerning my excessive use of alcohol made any impression on me, the nagging voice of conscience my own inner voice of truth and right apprised me of the irrevocable fact that I had lost control of alcohol, that I was powerless. I know now that the inner voice was God, as I understand Him, speaking. For, as I had been taught from earliest memory and as A.A. has emphasized, God or good emanates from within each of us. �Lakewood, Ohio, USA"

1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 83

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

"Most of us have been unwilling to admit we were real alcoholics. No
person likes to think he is bodily and mentally different from his
fellows. Therefore, it is not surprising that our drinking careers
have been characterized by countless vain attempts to prove we could
drink like other people. The idea that somehow, someday he will
control and enjoy his drinking is the great obsession of every
abnormal drinker. The persistence of this illusion is astonishing.
Many pursue it into the gates of insanity or death."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, Page 30~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




For a new prospect, outline the program of action, explaining how you made a self-appraisal, how you straightened out your past, and why you are now endeavoring to be helpful to him. It is important for him to realize that your attempt to pass this on to him plays a vital part in your own recovery. Actually, he may be helping you more than you are helping him. Make it plain that he is under no obligation to you.

In the first six months of my own sobriety, I worked hard with many alcoholics. Not a one responded. Yet this work kept me sober. It wasn't a question of those alcoholics giving me anything. My stability came out of trying to give, not out of demanding that I receive.

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Member Submitted Quote



Alcohol allows you to use it until it uses you. ( Frank N. )

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12 x 12 Quote

"Another great dividend we may expect from confiding our defects to
another human being is humility...a word often misunderstood. To those
who have made progress in AA, it amounts to a clear recognition of what
and who we really are, followed by a sincere attempt to become what we
could be. Therefore, our first practical move toward humility must
consist of recognizing our deficiencies. No defect can be corrected
unless we clearly see what it is. But we shall have to do more than
see. The objective look at ourselves we achieved in Step Four was,
after all, only a look. All of us saw, for example, that we lacked
honesty and tolerance, that we were beset at times by attacks of self-
pity or delusions of personal grandeur. But while this was a
humiliating experience, it didn't necessarily mean that we had yet
acquired much actual humility. Though now recognized, our defects were
still there. Something had to be done about them. And we soon found
that we could not wish or will them away by ourselves." (Twelve and
Twelve, Step Five, pg. 58)