Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 5/2

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Humility

"I am still arrogant, self-righteous,
with no humility, even phony at times,
but I'm trying to be a better person
and help my fellowman.
Guess I'll never be a saint,
but whatever I am,
I want to be sober and in AA.
The word 'alcoholic' does not turn me off any more;
in fact, it is music to my ears
when it applies to me."

Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 463

Thought to Consider . . .

"Many people haven't even a nodding acquaintance
with humility as a way of life."

Bill W., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 70

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KISS
Keep It Simple, Surrender

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Strong
From "From Loneliness to Solitude":
"A.A. members are not emotional cripples who need someone to hold their hands every moment of the day and night to prevent their falling. We grow up with the help of God, as we understand Him, and the fellowship of the group, and by applying the Twelve Steps to our lives."

1973 AAWS, Inc.; Came to Believe, 30th printing 2004, pg. 109

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"At a certain point in the drinking of every alcoholic, he passes
into a state where the most powerful desire to stop drinking is of
absolutely no avail. This tragic situation has already arrived in
practically every case long before it is suspected."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, There Is A Solution, pg. 24~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Willingness Is the Key

No matter how much one wishes to try, exactly how can he turn his own will and his own life over to the care of whatever God he thinks there is?
A beginning, even the smallest, is all that is needed. Once we have placed the key of willingness in the lock and have the door ever so slightly open, we find that we can always open it some more.
Though self-will may slam it shut again, as it frequently does, it will always respond the moment we again pick up the key of willingness.

TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 35

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Member Submitted Quote



If you try to do too much, you will do nothing. - ( P.D. Ouspensky & G.I. Gurdjieff )

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12 x 12 Quote

"This can be done, but it has hazards. We have seen AA's ask with much
earnestness and faith for God's explicit guidance on matters ranging
all the way from a shattering domestic or financial crisis to
correcting a minor personal fault, like tardiness. Quite often,
however, the thoughts that seem to come from God are not answers at
all. They prove to be well-intentioned unconscious rationalizations.
The AA, or indeed any man, who tries to run his life rigidly by this
kind of prayer, by this self-serving demand of God for replies, is a
particularly disconcerting individual. To any questioning or criticism
of his actions he instantly proffers his reliance upon prayer for
guidance in all matters great or small. He may have forgotten the
possibility that his own wishful thinking and the human tendency to
rationalize have distorted his so-called guidance. With the best of
intentions, he tends to force his own will into all sorts of situations
and problems with the comfortable assurance that he is acting under
God's specific direction. Under such an illusion, he can of course
create great havoc without in the least intending it." (Twelve and
Twelve, Step Eleven, pg. 103)