Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 4/6

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~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Working With Others

"Life will take on a new meaning.
To watch people recover, to see them help others,
to watch loneliness vanish,
to see a fellowship grow up about you,
to have a host of friends--
this is an experience you must not miss.
We know you will not want to miss it.
Frequent contact with newcomers and with each other
is the bright spot of our lives."
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 89

Thought to Consider . . .

Service is spirituality in action.

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HELP
Hope, Encouragement, Love and Patience

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Need
From "An Open Heart":
"Each day that I try to have a desire to be sober and to remember to keep an open heart, love and help flow into me. These bounties are unlimited in A.A. if we are fortunate enough to have the desire."

1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 51

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"If there be divorce or separation, there should be no undue haste
for the couple to get together. The man should be sure of his
recovery. The wife should fully understand his new way of life. If
their old relationship is to be resumed it must be on a better basis,
since the former did not work. This means a new attitude and spirit
all around. Sometimes it is to the best interests of all concerned
that a couple remain apart. Obviously, no rule can be laid down.
Let the alcoholic continue his program day by day. When the time for
living together has come, it will be apparent to both parties."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, Page 99~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




When Defects Are Less than Deadly

Practically everybody wishes to be rid of his most glaring and destructive handicaps. No one wants to be so proud that he is scorned as a braggart, nor so greedy that he is labeled a thief. No one wants to be angry enough to ruin his health. No one wants to be agonized by chronic envy or paralyzed by sloth.
Of course, most human beings don't suffer these defects at these rock-bottom levels, and we who have escaped such extremes are apt to congratulate ourselves. Yet can we? After all, Hasn't it been self-interest that has enabled most of us to escape? Not much spiritual effort is involved in avoiding excesses which will bring us punishment anyway. But when we face up to the less violent aspects of these very same defects, where do we stand then?

TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 66

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12 x 12 Quote

"The AA answer to these questions about living is 'Yes, all of these
things are possible.' We know this because we see monotony, pain, and
even calamity turned to good use by those who keep on trying to
practice AA's Twelve Steps. And if these are facts of life for the many
alcoholics who have recovered in AA, they can become the facts of life
for many more." (Twelve and Twelve, Step Twelve, pg. 112)