Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 6/16

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~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Fun
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"Every day, I feel a little bit more useful,
more happy, and more free.
Life, including some ups and downs, is a lot of fun.
I am part of AA which is a way of life.
If I had not become an active alcoholic and joined AA,
I might never have found my own identity
or become a part of anything."
1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 417
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Thought to Consider . . .

Joy is in knowing there is an answer.





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F I N E = Free, Independent, New and Energetic

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Living
From "Fear of Fear:"

"I can't afford resentments against
anyone, because they are the build-up of
another drunk. I must live and let live."

1976, Alcoholics Anonymous, page 325

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"We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we
be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be
given whatever we need to take care of such problems. We ask
especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no
request for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if
others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own
selfish ends. Many of us have wasted a lot of time doing that and it
doesn't work."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 87

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




On studying the Twelve Steps, many of us exclaimed, 'What an order! I can't go through with it.' Do not be discouraged. No one among us has been able to maintain anything like perfect adherence to these principles. We are not saints.
The point is that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines. The principles we have set down are guides to progress. We claim spiritual progress rather than spiritual perfection.
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We recovered alcoholics are not so much brothers in virtue as we are brothers in our defects, and in our common strivings to overcome them.

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Member Submitted Quote



It's a cinch by the inch but it's hard by the yard. ( Les F. )

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12 x 12 Quote

"The moment they read Step Two, most AA newcomers are confronted with a
dilemma, sometimes a serious one. How often have we heard them cry
out, 'Look what you people have done to us! You have convinced us that
we are alcoholics and that our lives are unmanageable. Having reduced
us to a state of absolute helplessness, you now declare that none but a
Higher Power can remove our obsession. Some of us won't believe in God,
others can't, and still others who do believe that God exists have no
faith whatever He will perform this miracle. Yes, you've got us over
the barrel, all right--but where do we go from here?'" (Twelve and
Twelve, Step Two, pg. 25)