ALKIESPEAK - January

[janbear]

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I don't know if I was born an alcoholic.
I do know that when I had my first drink an alcoholic was born. - Keith D.

[janbear]

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Look back on the past
- but don't stare. - Anon.

[janbear]

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On a good day things are OK and I don't drink. On a great day things are lousy and I don't drink. - Anon.

[janbear]

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We have these two forces; this insatiable thirst, compulsion, hunger, yearning, call it what you will. We don't know what we're looking for but we're searching. And the other force; the escape. We're running, not knowing what from. - Eddie E.

[janbear]

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A man can be a drunk sometimes, but a drunk can't be a man. - George Jones song.

[janbear]

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I wrote my 4th Step exactly as it says in the AA Big Book. I made the columns . I wrote everybody I resented - which basically turned out to be everybody who breathed air I thought should have been mine. I wrote in the next column what they did to me - Well all my life I wanted to tell you what 'They' did to me. And in the third column, how it affected me. Well it affected my self-worth, my dignity my security... no wonder I drank! And I was having a great time until I accidentally turned the page. And hidden in the body of text it says 'Referring to our list again, we put out of our minds the wrongs others had done, and looked at what our part was.' ( Big Book Pg. 67 ) Well now it wasn't fun anymore. But I made a 4th column and looked at my part, and that was my inventory. And when I finished it I knew I belonged in Alcoholics Anonymous. I believe we all have the same story. We all acted it out a little differently but we all a have the same story. - Patti O.

[janbear]

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If you want your dreams to come true... wake up. - Unknown origin.

[janbear]

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If you think you're doing too many meetings, cut it back to one a day. - Campsie Mick.

[janbear]

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An attitude of gratitude cuts through analysis paralysis. - James A.

[janbear]

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Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday. - Ken D.

[janbear]

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AA doesn't say we can't have personalities, it just says we put principles before them. - Liz J.

[janbear]

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Spending money I don't have, buying things I don't need, to impress people I don't know. - Norm A.

[janbear]

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'I liked you better when you were drinking.'
'I liked you better when I was drinking too!' - Anon.

[janbear]

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They say I'm the heart of AA. If that's true, then Dr Bob was it's soul. And the blood of my heart. - Bill W. ( On the day Dr. Bob died )

[admin]

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It's not a question of finding the right person, but becoming the right person. - Anon.

[admin]

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The problem with relationships in early sobriety is that that person becomes my higher power. - Charlie C.

[janbear]

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He who laughs, lasts. - Anon.

[janbear]

It has taken me a long time to laugh. I appreciate a good laugh today. I am even better about laughing at myself. I am progressing

[janbear]

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I don't have a drinking problem today, I have a sobriety problem. If I pick up a drink, I've got a whole new problem. - Barney M.

[janbear]

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Other diseases have blood tests and X-rays. We have an inventory. And if you stick around long enough to do it, you'll be actually able take a picture of your alcoholism. You'll actually be able to see your disease. - Scott R.

[janbear]

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Drinking is not a word, it's a sentence. - Anon.

[janbear]

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When I slide over from being 'On the Program' to 'Self Will Run Riot' it's seamless. There's no bump, no warning, I'm just there. That's why I need Step 1O. - Trip S.

[janbear]

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The highest rank in AA: Sober. - Ken.

[janbear]

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I can't get too cocky around AA. I can be a peacock one day and a feather duster the next. - Unknown origin

[francie21805]

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I'm hardest to love when I need love the most. - Anon.

[janbear]

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Tolerance: The ability to put up with those you'd like to put down. - Anon.

[francie21805]

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I get drunk - we stay sober. - Cubby S.

[janbear]

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There a no passengers in AA, we're all crew. - Anon.

[janbear]

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God doesn't care who carries the message. He just wants it carried. - Anne P.

[flick]

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I didn't become an alcoholic because I drank too much. I drank too much because I'm an alcoholic. - Unknown origin.

[flick]

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I looked for God all over. And that's where I found him; All over. - Phil P.

[flick]

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We're all rebels who want to be hugged. - Charlie C.

[flick]

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You hear people say; 'I do Steps 1,2,and 3 everyday.' And that sounds so good the newcomer hears that and dies. Because all they've told you is they're getting ready to begin. It's like they make a decision to be pilots and them spend the rest of their lives in ground school. - Ted H.

[flick]

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Most alcoholics would rather die than get sober.
And they do. - Anon.

[flick]

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Alcohol gave me wings to fly, then took away my sky. - Anon.

[bluidkiti]

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I've got a mind that's trying to kill me. - Bob P.

[flick]

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It says in Chapter Five; 'If you have decided you want what we have..' Decision. '..and are willing to go to any lengths to get it.' Action. As far as I can tell, that summarizes everything in life: Decision, Action, Result. - Cubby S.

[flick]

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An alcoholic is anyone I don't like who drinks more than me. - Dylan Thomas.

[flick]

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I wanted to be Clint Eastwood but I was more like Woody Allen. - Trip S.

[flick]

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Willpower tells me I must. Willingness tells me I can. - Anon.

[flick]

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I'd called AA and they sent this fella Kevin around. He came into my office, put his hand out and asked how I was. I said my standard 'Great'. And he kept hold of my hand pulled me up close, eye-balled me and said; 'Bull s...' - He was my sponsor from that day. - Dave B.

[flick]

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The road to recovery is always under construction. - Anon.

[flick]

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The difference between God and me is that God doesn't think he's me. - Anon.

[flick]

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Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland.

[francie21805]

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Wondering why I was an alcoholic was like being a man standing on a bridge, looking down at a gently flowing stream beneath. But my pants are on fire. And I'm saying: 'I wonder how these pants got on fire, was it hereditary or environmental?' Who cares. You jump in the water. - Doug D.

[flick]

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An alcoholic who stops drinking, is like the guy who jumps into the water only to find that he can't swim. And AA isn't the water you jump into when your pants are on fire, AA is a bunch of idiots in a life boat with charred britches who come along and give swimming lessons. - Doug D.

[janbear]

I really liked this one! Thank God for the life preserver and the swimming lessons the program has given me. :1:

[flick]

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If I'd known I was going to live this long I'd have taken better care of myself.' - Unknown origin.

[janbear]

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I never let go of anything that didn't have my claw marks on it. - Tony B.

[catlady]

sooo true!!!! thx for the reminder!

[bluidkiti]

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This is a disease of insight. I could see the filth, the deceit, the ugliness, the infidelity. The pain of alcoholism and me. It was all very clear. I could see through myself like glass - As Socrates said: 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' - Tom M.

[janbear]

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...And the unlived life is not worth examining. - Serenity Sam.