Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 4/28

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

"I am a firm believer in both
guidance and prayer.
But I am fully aware, and humble enough, I hope,
to see there may be nothing infallible
about my guidance.
The minute I figure I have got
a perfectly clear pipeline to God,
I have become egotistical enough
to get into real trouble.
Nobody can cause more needless grief
than a power-driver who thinks
he has got it straight from God."

Bill W., Letter, 1950
As Bill Sees It, p. 38

Thought to Consider . . .
The smallest package in the world
is an alcoholic all wrapped up in himself.





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ISM
I Sponsor Myself

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Discovery
From "Bill's Story":
"At the hospital I was separated from alcohol for the last time. Treatment seemed wise, for I showed signs of delirium tremens.

"There I humbly offered myself to God, as I then understood Him, to do with me as He would. I place myself unreservedly under His care and direction. I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost. I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch. I have not had a drink since."

2001 AAWS, Inc., Fourth Edition; Alcoholics Anonymous, pg. 13

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*

"These men had found something brand new in life. Though they knew they must help other alcoholics if they would remain sober, that
motive became secondary. It was transcended by the happiness they
found in giving themselves for others."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, A Vision For You, pg. 159~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Prelude to the Program

Few people will sincerely try to practice the A.A. program unless they have 'hit bottom,' for practicing A.A.'s Steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic who is still drinking can dream of taking. The average alcoholic, self-centered in the extreme, doesn't care for this prospect--unless he has to do these things in order to stay alive himself.
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We know that the newcomer has to 'hit bottom'; otherwise, not much can happen. Because we are drunks who understand him, we can use at depth the nutcracker of the-obsession-plus-the-allergy as a tool of such power that it can shatter his ego. Only thus can he be convinced that on his own unaided resources he has little or no chance.

1. TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 24
2. A.A. TODAY, P. 8

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Member Submitted Quote



If my brain didn't need me for transportation, it would have killed me a long time ago!

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12 x 12 Quote

"So when AA suggests a fearless moral inventory, it must seem to every
newcomer that more is being asked of him than he can do. Both his pride
and his fear beat him back every time he tries to look within himself.
Pride says, 'You need not pass this way,' and fear says, 'You dare not
look!' But the testimony of AA's who have really tried a moral
inventory is that pride and fear of this sort turn out to be bogeymen,
nothing else. Once we have a complete willingness to take inventory,
and exert ourselves to do the job thoroughly, a wonderful light falls
upon this foggy scene. As we persist, a brand-new kind of confidence is
born, and the sense of relief at finally facing ourselves is
indescribable. These are the first fruits of Step Four." (Twelve and
Twelve, Step Four, pg. 49)