Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 4/8

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Change

"Let us never fear needed change.
Certainly we have to discriminate between
changes for worse and changes for better.
But once a need becomes clearly apparent in an individual,
in a group, or in AA as a whole,
it has long since been found out
that we cannot stand still and look the other way."
Bill W., Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, July 1965
As Bill Sees It, p. 115

Thought to Consider . . .

We're responsible for the effort - not the outcome.

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C H A N G E
Choosing Honesty Allows New Growth Everyday.

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Objectivity
Step Four: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
"They comfort the melancholy one by first showing him that his case is not strange or different, that his character defects are probably not more numerous or worse than those of anyone else in A.A. This the sponsor promptly proves by talking freely and easily, and without exhibitionism, about his own defects, past and present. This calm, yet realistic, stocktaking is immensely reassuring. The sponsor probably points out that the newcomer has some assets which can be noted along with his liabilities. This tends to clear away morbidity and encourage balance. As soon as he begins to be more objective, the newcomer can fearlessly, rather than fearfully, look at his own defects."

1952, AAWS, Inc.; Printed 2005; Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, pg. 46

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If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol.





- Pg. 33 - More About Alcoholism

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Anger--Personal and Group Enemy

'As the book 'Alcoholics Anonymous' puts it, 'Resentment is the Number One offender,' It is a primary cause of relapses into drinking. How well we of A.A. know that for us 'To drink is eventually to go mad or die.'
'Much the same penalty overhangs every A.A. group. Given enough anger, both unity and purpose are lost. Given still more 'righteous' indignation, the group can disintegrate; it can actually die. This is why we avoid controversy. This is why we prescribe no punishments for any misbehavior, no matter how grievous. Indeed, no alcoholic can be deprived of his membership for any reason whatever.
'Punishment never heals. Only love can heal.'

LETTER, 1966

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Member Submitted Quote



If God is your co-pilot, SWITCH SEATS!

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12 x 12 Quote

"Now let's ponder the need for a list of the more glaring personality
defects all of us have in varying degrees. To those having religious
training, such a list would set forth serious violations of moral
principles. Some others will think of this list as defects of
character. Still others will call it an index of maladjustment's. Some
will become quite annoyed if there is talk about immorality, let alone
sin. But all who are in the least reasonable will agree upon one point:
that there is plenty wrong with us alcoholics about which plenty will
have to be done if we are to expect sobriety, progress, and any real
ability to cope with life." (Twelve and Twelve. Step Four, pg. 48)