Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 1-2-09

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





Faith

When I was driven to my knees by alcohol,
I was made ready to ask for the gift of faith.
And all was changed.
Never again, my pains and problems notwithstanding,
would I experience my former desolation.
I saw the universe to be lighted by God's love;
I was alone no more.
Bill W., Letter, 1966
c. 1967AAWS, As Bill Sees It, p. 51
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Thought to Consider . . .

Sorrow looks back, worry looks around,
and faith looks up.


*~*~*AACRONYMS*~*~*
F A I T H = Finding Answers In The Heart.

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


Allergy
From "It Might Have Been Worse":
"The explanation that alcoholism was a disease of a two-fold nature, an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind, cleared up a number of puzzling questions for me. The allergy we could do nothing about. Somehow our bodies had reached the point where we could no longer absorb alcohol in our systems. The why is not important; the fact is that one drink will set up a reaction in our system that requires more, that one drink is too much and a hundred drinks are not enough."

2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 355

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

"Everybody knows that those in bad health, and those who seldom play,
do not laugh much. So let each family play together or separately as
much as their circumstances warrant. We are sure God wants us to be
happy, joyous, and free."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 132~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned.

My depression deepened unbearably, and finally it seemed to me as though I were at the very bottom of the pit. For the moment, the last vestige of my proud obstinacy was crushed. All at once I found myself crying out, 'If there is a God, let Him show Himself! I am ready to do anything, anything!' Suddenly the room lit up with a great white light. It seemed to me, in the mind's eye, that I was on a mountain and that a wind not of air but of spirit was blowing. And then it burst upon me that I was a free man. Slowly the ecstasy subsided. I lay on the bed, but now for a time I was in another world, a new world of consciousness. All about me and through me there was a wonderful feeling of Presence , and I thought to myself, 'So this is the God of the preachers!'

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Member Submitted Quote



There are things more painful than the truth, but I can't think of any.

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12 x 12 Quote

"There is another story about money. One night in 1948, the trustees of
the Foundation were having their quarterly meeting. The agenda
discussion included a very important question. A certain lady had died.
When her will was read, it was discovered she had left Alcoholics
Anonymous in trust with the Alcoholic Foundation a sum of ten thousand
dollars. The question was: Should AA take the gift?" (Twelve and
Twelve, Tradition Seven, pg. 163)