Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 12/28

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




Keynotes

We can try to stop making unreasonable demands
upon those we love.
We can show kindness where we had shown none.
With those we dislike we can begin to practice
justice and courtesy,
perhaps going out of our way to understand and help them.
Whenever we fail any of these people,
we can promptly admit it -- to ourselves always,
and to them also, when the admission would be helpful.
Courtesy, kindness, justice, and love
are the keynotes by which we may come into harmony
with practically anybody.
c. 1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 93
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Thought to Consider . . .

Let us always love the best in others --
and never fear their worst.





*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
H E L P = Hope, Encouragement, Love, Patience

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



Apology
From "Our Side of the Street":
I made amends to my dad soon after I quit drinking. My words fell on deaf ears since I had blamed him for my troubles. Several months later I made amends to my dad again. This time I wrote a letter in which I did not blame him or mention his faults. It worked, and at last I understood! My side of the street is all that I'm responsible for and thanks to God and A.A. it's clean for today."

1990 AAWS, Inc.; Daily Reflections, pg. 259

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Despite all we can say, many who are real alcoholics are not going
to believe they are in that class. By every form of self-deception
and experimentation, they will try to prove themselves exceptions to
the rule, therefore nonalcoholic. If anyone who is showing inability
to control his drinking can do the right-about-face and drink like a
gentleman, our hats are off to him. Heaven knows, we have tried hard
enough and long enough to drink like other people!"

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 31~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Change is the characteristic of all growth. From drinking to sobriety, from dishonesty to honesty, from conflict to serenity, from hate to love, from childish dependence to adult responsibility - all this and infinitely more represent change for the better.
Such changes are accomplished by a belief in and a practice of sound principles. Here we must needs discard bad or ineffective principles in favor of good ones that work. Even good principles can sometimes be displaced by the discovery of still better ones.
Only God is unchanging; only He has all the truth there is.

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Member Submitted Quote



Alcoholism is the only disease I know where when the treatment fails we blame the patient. ( The late Senator Harold E. Hughes )

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12 x 12 Quote

"At times the AA landscape seems to be littered with bleeding forms.
Nearly every oldtimer in our Society has gone through this process in
some degree. Happily, most of them survive and live to become elder
statesmen. They become the real and permanent leadership of AA.
Theirs is the quiet opinion, the sure knowledge and humble example
that resolve a crisis. When sorely perplexed, the group inevitably
turns to them for advice. They become the voice of the group
conscience; in fact, these are the true voice of Alcoholics
Anonymous. They do not drive by mandate; they lead by example. This
is the experience which has led us to the conclusion that our group
conscience, well-advised by its elders, will be in the long run wiser
than any single leader." (Twelve and Twelve, Tradition Two, pg. 135)