Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 6/18

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~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Resentment
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"Resentment is the 'number one' offender.
It destroys more alcoholics than anything else.
From it stem all forms of spiritual disease,
for we have been not only mentally and physically ill,
we have been spiritually sick.
When the spiritual malady is overcome,
we straighten out mentally and physically."
1976AAWS, Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 64
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Thought to Consider . . .

We are prisoners of our own resentments.
Forgiveness unlocks the door and sets us free.





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F A I L U R E =
Fearful, Arrogant, Insecure, Lonely, Uncertain, Resentful, Empty.

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Service and Support
From "The Joys of Service:"

"In Denver in 1975 at the International Convention, I heard many great things, but one that stands out is: 'The key to happiness is not to concentrate on yourself, but to lose yourself in others.' I liked what Carl W. told our group when he ended his talk with these words for new people: 'Let us love you until you can learn to love yourselves.'"

1993, The Home Group: Heartbeat of AA, page 51

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"...we tried to shape a sane and sound ideal for our future sex life.
We subjected each relation to this test - was it selfish or not? We
asked God to mold our ideals and help us to live up to them. We
remembered always that our sex powers were God-given and therefore
good, neither to be used lightly or selfishly nor to be despised and
loathed."

Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, How It Works, pg. 69

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




My experience as an old-timer has to some degree paralleled your own and that of many others. We all find that the time comes when we are not allowed to manage and conduct the functional affairs of groups, areas, or, in my case, A.A. as a whole. In the end we can only be worth as much as our spiritual example has justified. To that extent, we become useful symbols--and that's just about it.
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I have become a pupil of the A.A. movement rather than the teacher I once thought I was.

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Member Submitted Quote



When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. ( Anonymous )

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12 x 12 Quote

"Creation gave us instincts for a purpose. Without them we wouldn't be
complete human beings. If men and women didn't exert themselves to be
secure in their persons, made no effort to harvest food or construct
shelter, there would be no survival. If they didn't reproduce, the
earth wouldn't be populated. If there were no social instinct, if men
cared nothing for the society of one another, there would be no
society. So these desires for the sex relation, for material and
emotional security, and for companionship are perfectly necessary and
right, and surely God given." (Twelve and Twelve, Step Four, pg. 42)