Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 5/10

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Sunlight

"It is plain that a life which includes deep resentment
leads only to futility and unhappiness.
To the precise extent that we permit these,
do we squander the hours that might have been worthwhile.
This business of resentment is infinitely grave.
We found that it is fatal.
For when harboring such feelings
we shut ourselves off from
the sunlight of the Spirit.
The insanity of alcohol returns and we drink again.
And with us, to drink is to die."
Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 66

Thought to Consider . . .

"I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine."

Bill W., Box 1980: The AA Grapevine, Jan. 1958.
The Language of the Heart, p. 238






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CALM
Can Anger Leave Me

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Book
From "The Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous":
"But at one of these [Trustee] meetings in the early fall of 1938, Frank Amos popped up with an idea which opened the door upon our real future. Frank said, 'One of my friends, Eugene Exman, is Religious Editor of Harper. Perhaps he would be interested in your [Bill W.'s] new book. Why don't you go down there and show him the few chapters you have done? I'll fix it up for you.'

"So down I went to meet Gene Exman, another wonderful friend-to-be of our society. I related the tale of our struggles and handed over to him my first attempt at authorship. While I waited Gene thoughtfully scanned the two chapters. Then he asked, 'Could you do a whole book in this style? And how many months would it take you?' I was shaking, but I had an answer ready: 'I believe I can do it. It will probably take nine or ten months.' Thereupon he made a proposal that was surprising. 'If it would help things along,' he said, 'I think Harper might be willing to advance you $1,500 in royalties. This amount would be deducted from your account when the book is finished in 1939.'

"Again in the clouds, I left Harper to break the great news to the gang."

2001 AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pgs. 153-54

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"Many of us felt that we had plenty of character. There was a
tremendous urge to cease forever. Yet we found it impossible. This
is the baffling feature of alcoholism as we know it this utter
inability to leave it alone, no matter how great the necessity or the
wish."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 34~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




Our Problem Centers in the Mind

We know as long as the alcoholic keeps away from drink, he usually reacts much like other men. We are equally positive that once he takes any alcohol whatever into his system, something happens, in both the bodily and the mental sense, which makes it virtually impossible for him to stop. The experience of any alcoholic will abundantly confirm this.
These observations would be academic and pointless if our friend never took the first drink, thereby setting the terrible cycle in motion. Therefore, the main problem of the alcoholic centers in his mind, rather than in his body.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, PP. 22-23

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Member Submitted Quote



Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. ( Thomas Szasz )

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12 x 12 Quote

"Also of importance for most alcoholics are the questions they must ask
about their behavior respecting financial and emotional security. In
these areas fear, greed, possessiveness, and pride have too often done
their worst. Surveying his business or employment record, almost any
alcoholic can ask questions like these: In addition to my drinking
problem, what character defects contributed to my financial
instability? Did fear and inferiority about my fitness for my job
destroy my confidence and fill me with conflict? Did I try to cover up
those feelings of inadequacy by bluffing, cheating, lying, or evading
responsibility? Or by griping that others failed to recognize my truly
exceptional abilities? Did I overvalue myself and play the big shot?
Did I have such unprincipled ambition that I double-crossed and
undercut my associates? Was I extravagant? Did I recklessly borrow
money, caring little whether it was repaid or not? Was I a pinch-penny,
refusing to support my family properly? Did I cut corners financially?
What about the 'quick money' deals, the stock market, and the races?"
(Twelve and Twelve, Step Four, pg. 51)