Recovery Thoughts & Quotes 10/28

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~*~A.A. Thoughts For The Day~*~
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Loneliness
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"Almost without exception,
alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.
Even before our drinking got bad
and people began to cut us off,
nearly all of us suffered the feeling we didn't quite belong.
Either we were shy, and dared not draw near others,
or we were apt to be noisy good fellows
craving attention and companionship,
but never getting it -- at least to our way of thinking.
There was always that mysterious barrier
we could neither surmount nor understand. . .
That's one reason we loved alcohol too well.
It did let us act extemporaneously.
But even Bacchus boomeranged on us;
we were finally struck down and left
in terrified loneliness."
c.1952AAWS, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 57
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Thought to Consider . . .

Isolation is a darkroom where we develop negatives.


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H A L T = Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired

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Forgiveness
Step Eight: Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
These obstacles, however, are very real. The first, and one of the most difficult has to do with forgiveness. The moment we ponder a twisted or broken relationship with another person, our emotions go on the defensive. To escape looking at the wrongs we have done another, we resentfully focus on the wrong that he has done us. This is especially true if he has, in fact, behaved badly at all. Triumphantly we seize upon his misbehavior as the perfect excuse for minimizing or forgetting our own.

1981, AAWS, Inc., Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, page 78

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*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to
find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be given strength and
direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal
consequences may be."

~Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition, Into Action, pg. 79~

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Misc. AA Literature - Quote




'In our behavior respecting financial and emotional security, 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? Or did I overvalue myself and play the big shot?
Businesswomen in A.A. will find that these questions often apply to them, too, and the alcoholic housewife can also make the family financially insecure. Indeed, all alcoholics need to cross-examine themselves ruthlessly to determine how their own personality defects have demolished their security.

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Member Submitted Quote



It's not what you have, It's what you do with what you have. - ( Kathy C. )

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12 x 12 Quote

"In this connection, Bill likes to tell the following pointed story.
He explains that when Jack Alexander's Saturday Evening Post piece
broke in 1941, thousands of frantic letters from distraught
alcoholics and their families hit the Foundation letterbox in New
York. 'Our office staff,' Bill says, 'consisted of two people: one
devoted secretary and myself. How could this landslide of appeals be
met? We'd have to have some more fulltime help, that was sure. So we
asked the AA groups for voluntary contributions. Would they send us a
dollar a member a year? Otherwise this heartbreaking mail would have
to go unanswered.'" (Twelve and Twelve, Tradition Seven, pg. 162)