Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/24

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




Certainty

The great fact is just this, and nothing less:
That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences
which have revolutionized our whole attitude
toward life, toward our fellows, and toward God's universe.
The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty
that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives
in a way which is indeed miraculous.
He has commenced to accomplish those things for us
which we could never do by ourselves.
c. 2001AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 25
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Thought to Consider . . .

I stood in the sunlight at last.

*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
Y A N A = You Are Not Alone.

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


Aid
From "A Vision for You":
"God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order."

2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 164

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Now we go out to our fellows and repair the damage done in the
past. We attempt to sweep away the debris which has accumulated out
of our effort to live on self-will and run the show ourselves. If we
haven't the will to do this, we ask until it comes. Remember it was
agreed at the beginning we would go to any lengths for victory over
alcohol."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg.76~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Though many of us have had to struggle for sobriety, never yet has this Fellowship had to struggle for lost unity. Consequently, we sometimes take this one great gift for granted. We forget that, should we lose our unity, the millions of alcoholics who still 'do not know' might never get their chance.

We used to be skeptical about large A.A. gatherings like conventions, thinking they might prove too exhibitionistic. But, on balance, their benefit is huge. While each A.A.'s interest should center principally in those about him and upon his own group, it is both necessary and desirable that we all get a larger vision of the whole.
The General Service Conference in New York also produces this effect upon those who attend. It is a vision-stretching process.

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Member Submitted Quote



Alcohol gave me wings, and then it took away the sky.
Recovery has given me the sky and the steps are teaching me how to fly in the joys of living life. ( Lou Live Or Die )

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12 x 12 Quote

"Such gross misbehavior is not by any means a full catalogue of the
harms we do. Let us think of some of the subtler ones which can
sometimes be quite as damaging. Suppose that in our family lives we
happen to be miserly, irresponsible, callous, or cold. Suppose that we
are irritable, critical, impatient, and humorless. Suppose we lavish
attention upon one member of the family and neglect the others. What
happens when we try to dominate the whole family, either by a rule of
iron of by a constant outpouring of minute directions for just how
their lives should be lived from hour to hour? What happens when we
wallow in depression, self-pity oozing from every pore, and inflict
that upon those about us? Such a roster of harms done others...the kind
that make daily living with us as practicing alcoholics difficult and
often unbearable...could be extended almost indefinitely. When we take
such personality traits as these into shop, office, and the society of
our fellows, they can do damage almost as extensive as that we caused
at home." (Twelve and Twelve, Step Eight, pg. 81)