Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 6/14

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~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Traditions
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"The Twelve Traditions point straight
at many of our individual defects.
By implication they ask each of us to lay aside
pride and resentments.
They ask for personal as well as group sacrifice.
They ask us never to use the AA name
in any quest for personal power or distinction or money.
The Traditions guarantee the equality
of all members and the independence of all groups.
They show how we may best relate ourselves to each other
and to the world outside."
Bill W.,
1967AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, p. 96
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Thought to Consider . . .

If you have the courage to begin,
you have the courage to succeed.






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A A's - R - U S = Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Unity Service

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Core
From "The Three Legacies of Alcoholics Anonymous":
"On many a day I felt like throwing the book out the window. "I was in this anything-but-spiritual mood on the night when the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous were written. I was sore and tired clear through. I lay in bed at 182 Clinton Street with pencil in hand and with a tablet of scratch paper on my knee. I could not get my mind on the job, much less put my heart in it. But here was one of those things that had to be done. Slowly my mind came into some kind of focus.

"Since Ebby's visit to me in the fall of 1934 we had gradually evolved what we called 'the word-of-mouth program.' Most of the basic ideas had come from the Oxford Groups, William James, and Dr. Silkworth."

2001 AAWS, Inc.; Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, pg. 160

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"'My old manner of life was by no means a bad one, but I would not
exchange its best moments for the worst I have now. I would not go
back to it even if I could.'"

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, More About Alcoholism, pg. 43~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




We now see that in twelfth-stepping the immediate results are not so important. Some people start out working with others and have immediate success. They are likely to get cocky. Those of us who are not so successful at first get depressed.
As a matter of fact, the successful worker differs from the unsuccessful only in being lucky about his prospects. He simply hits newcomers who are ready and able to stop at once. Given the same prospects, the seemingly unsuccessful person would have produced almost the same results. You have to work on a lot of newcomers before the law of averages commences to assert itself.
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All true communication must be founded on mutual need. We saw that each sponsor would have to admit humbly his own needs as clearly as those of his prospect.

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Member Submitted Quote



If you're waiting for the the past to change, join the list of others that are still waiting. ( Lou Live Or Die )

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12 x 12 Quote

"With each passing day of our lives, may every one of us sense more
deeply the inner meaning of AA's simple prayer: God grant us the
serenity to accept the things we cannot change, Courage to change the
things we can, And wisdom to know the difference." (Twelve and
Twelve, Step Twelve, pg. 125)