Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 4/27

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

"Sobriety and a plan for living
that produces a personality change
and a spiritual awakening are imperative.
Through AA, many receive the needed change
and awakening just by trying to live
by AA principles and with AA people.
We do this by going to many AA meetings
with an open mind and a desire to live the
good-feeling life without chemicals--
liquid or otherwise."
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 459

Thought to Consider . . .

Seven days without an AA meeting makes one weak.

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ABC
Acceptance, Belief, Change

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


Upkeep
From Having Fun Yet:
When my own house is in order, I find the different parts of my life are more manageable. Stripped from the guilt and remorse that cloaked my drinking years, I am free to assume my proper role in the universe, but this condition requires maintenance. I should stop and ask myself, Am I having fun yet? If I find answering that question difficult or painful, perhaps I'm taking myself too seriously and finding it difficult to admit that I've strayed from my practice of working the program to keep my house in order.

1990 AAWS, Inc.; Daily Reflections, pg. 31

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Life will take on 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."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Working With Others, pg. 89~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




The Sense of Belonging

Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us. We no longer live in a completely hostile world. We are no longer lost and frightened and purposeless.
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will, the moment we begin to see truth, justice, and love as the real and eternal things in life, we are no longer deeply disturbed by all the seeming evidence to the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs. We know that God lovingly watches over us. We know that when we turn to Him, all will be well with us, here and hereafter.

TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 105

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Member Submitted Quote



The chains of alcohol are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

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12 x 12 Quote

"Then perhaps life, as it has a way of doing, suddenly hands us a great
big lump that we can't begin to swallow, let alone digest. We fail to
get a worked-for promotion. We lose that good job. Maybe there are
serious domestic or romantic difficulties, or perhaps that boy we
thought God was looking after becomes a military casualty." (Twelve and
Twelve, Step Twelve, pg. 113)