Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 4/7

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Fear

"At heart we had all been abnormally fearful.
It mattered little whether we had sat on the shore of life
drinking ourselves into forgetfulness
or had plunged in recklessly and willfully
beyond our depth and ability.
The result was the same -
all of us had nearly perished
in a sea of alcohol."
Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pp. 123-4

Thought to Consider . . .

I didn't make it all the way to the beach
to drown in the sand.

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F E A R
Fools Every Alcoholic Repeatedly.

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Choices
From "The Family Afterward":
"Many alcoholics are enthusiasts. They run to extremes. At the beginning of recovery a man will take, as a rule, one of two directions. He may either plunge into a frantic attempt to get on his feet in business, or he may be so enthralled by his new life that he talks or thinks of little else. In either case certain family problems will arise."

2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pgs. 126-26

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"We alcoholics are sensitive people. It takes some of us a long time
to outgrow that serious handicap."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, The Family Afterward, pg. 125~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Self-Respect Through Sacrifice

At the beginning we sacrificed alcohol. We had to, or it would have killed us. But we couldn't get rid of alcohol unless we made other sacrifices. We had to toss self-justification, self-pity, and anger right out the window. We had to quit the crazy contest for personal prestige and big bank balances. We had to take personal responsibility for our sorry state and quit blaming others for it.
Were these sacrifices? Yes, they were. To gain enough humility and self-respect to stay alive at all, we had to give up what had really been our dearest possessions--our ambition and our illegitimate pride.

A.A. COMES OF AGE, P. 287

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Here's an old Spanish Proverb: First drink, with water; Second drink, without water; Third drink, like water. ( Jeff K. Iowa ).

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12 x 12 Quote

"Few indeed are the practicing alcoholics who have any idea how
irrational they are, or seeing their irrationality, can bear to face
it. Some will be willing to term themselves 'problem drinkers,' but
cannot endure the suggestion that they are in fact mentally ill. They
are abetted in this blindness by a world which does not understand the
difference between sane drinking and alcoholism. 'Sanity' is defined
as 'soundness of mind.' Yet no alcoholic, soberly analyzing his
destructive behavior, whether the destruction fell on the dining-room
furniture or his own moral fiber, can claim 'soundness of mind' for
himself." (Twelve and Twelve, Step Two, pg. 32)