ALKIESPEAK

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Quotes from the book 'ALKIESPEAK'
by Andy A. of Australia


"When you think that you've lost everything. You find that you can always lose a little more." - Bob Dylan. Tying To Get To Heaven'

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6/21

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by Andy A. of Australia


For an alcoholic, drinking alcohol is like dancing with a gorilla; you're only finished dancing when the gorilla says so. Tom W.

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6/22

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by Andy A. of Australia


He said he was going to kill himself. He owed these heavies some big gambling debts. I suggested he approach them with an amends deal; offer to pay them back a bit at a time. He said, no he couldn't, if he went to them, they'd kill him. I said; "Well, nothing to lose, at least you wouldn't have suicide on your mind." - Chuck C.

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6/23

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by Andy A. of Australia


Weird things they tell you; "How do you do this?"
"Hold on."
"How do you surrender?"
"Just let go." - Bea.

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6/24

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by Andy A. of Australia


The first time I drank alcohol, I was about 12 years old, and it made me feel so good that the way I felt without it was never really OK again. Never really. - Bob D.

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6/25

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by Andy A. of Australia


Which way did they go? How fast are they moving? How many are there? - I must find them, I'm their leader. ( Favorite of Ken D's )

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6/26

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by Andy A. of Australia


If you're new, take off your pack and stay with us for a while. Because you are going to have a life that's beyond your wildest dreams. You will get closer to knowing yourself, you will be introduced to yourself in this programme. - Sharon B.

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6/27

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by Andy A. of Australia


Drinking 'Near Beer' is like going to a house of prostitution to listen to the piano player. - Steve B.

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6/28

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by Andy A. of Australia


I don't have a drinking problem, except when I can't get a drink. - Tom Waits. 'Bad Liver and a Broken Heart.'

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6/29

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by Andy A. of Australia


I can't control and enjoy my drinking. If I control it, I'm not enjoying it and vice versa. - Liz J.

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6/30

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by Andy A. of Australia


The highest rank in AA: Chief Servant. - Danny T.

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7/1

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I only need one meeting a week, but I go to seven because I don't know which one I need. - Anon.

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You can tell an alcoholic - but you can't tell him much. Anon.

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Daily meditation for about twenty minutes is recommended for all in recovery - unless you're very busy, then you should do half an hour. - Anon.

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by Andy A. of Australia


My mind would have killed me but it needed me for transportation. - Bob E.

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7/5

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by Andy A. of Australia


It says ( pg. 68. AA Big Book ) 'We put these fears on paper and ask ourselves why we had them. 'That's it. ( Yells ) I can't work these steps they're too difficult!! If they left you there, this could be difficult. If they left you with "Why do I have these fears?" I could go back to "It's Ma's fault: bad milk. It's my Dad's fault: bad example. But they don't leave me there. They tell us exactly why we have these fears: 'Wasn't it because self sufficiency failed us?' It's as simple as that. Do you know how much sense that makes to me? If I've got these fears and I've been relying on myself to remove them and I still have them, then obviously my power has failed me, so I better go to another power. How does that sound? Is that too tough? - Milt L.

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7/6

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by Andy A. of Australia


I got sicker, quicker, on less liquor. - Unknown origin.

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7/7

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by Andy A. of Australia


A man was walking on a beach after a storm. Thousands of starfish were stranded on the shore. He saw a boy throwing starfish back into the ocean and asked the boy why. The boy replied: "The tide's going out, the starfish will die in the sun." The man said; "But there's so many of them, what difference can it make? The boy threw another starfish and said : It'll make a difference to that one." Anon.

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7/8

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To an alcoholic, changing drinks is like changing cabins on the Titanic. - Unknown origin.

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7/9

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I'm getting younger in AA. When I came in I was an old man of thirty, I couldn't walk across the alley. Now at seventy I'm running marathons. - Waggy Bill.

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Fellowship for long winded speakers: Alconon and on, and on.. - Ted H.

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7/11

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by Andy A. of Australia


Nobody's any better than anyone else. We're all just trying to stay away from a drink. The God that I was looking for, over here, over there; in some guy, the right motorcycle, the best tattoo. And all the time it was right here inside. And it's hope, and I have it every day if I choose to look for it. And you have it too, you have it right inside of yourself. I know that sounds like an after school special like happy little Care Bears or something, but it's really true. And you never have to drink again if you find that little light inside yourself. You are so set. It's really excellent. Sobriety rocks. - Gail.

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by Andy A. of Australia


I went through life waiting for a space ship to land and a voice to say: "Sorry, dropped you on the wrong planet, time to go home now." - Trip S.

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If I don't stand for something, I'll fall for anything. - Anon.

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After a few years sober a lady felt sorry for me and got me a job in sales. On the streets I used to sell a lot of things I didn't have, so with a product and a business card it was a piece of cake.- Allen F.

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"The best thing for you is to give up drinking." "Yeah.. What's the next best thing?" - Anon.

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by Andy A. of Australia


My life is none of my business. I just suit up, show up; be an example of AA and leave the rest to God. - Sharon B.

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by Andy A. of Australia


If I was at your house, I'd ask to use the bathroom and I'd go through the medicine cabinet and take whatever's there. I don't need to know what it is. Sometimes I'd be up for days, saying the same thing over and over, chewing my tongue. Other times I'd be falling down, bouncing off the walls. Sometimes I'd get real 'regular'. And I probably took enough pills out of those wheels that there's no chance I'm going to get pregnant this century. - Bob D.

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7/18

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by Andy A. of Australia


My hands shook so bad I could thread a sewing machine...when it was running. - Eddie C.

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I have an amnesty prayer, I've seen it work hundreds of times. It's very simple. You can put it in your own words; "I forgive everyone on the face of this earth, living or dead, who has ever done anything to me - real or imagined - and I want good things to happen to them." If you will continue to say that , I will guarantee you that your attitude toward the people who are troubling you in your life is going to change. - Frank H.

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My parents tried to save me from an unhappy childhood but I thwarted them and had one anyway. - Charlie C.

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Poor me, poor me...pour me a drink. - Unknown origin.

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I'm not only one drink away from a drunk, I'm one drink away from maybe never being sober again for the rest of my life. - Anon.

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I was so grateful I couldn't stop crying, because I thought about all the friends of mine that I've known through the years who couldn't make it. Who missed it all. And I thought 'No matter what happens I've got no quarrel. Not with God, not with life, not with anything. And I stood there - with cancer - feeling like one of the most fortunate women on earth. - Gayle W.

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by Andy A. of Australia


A relationship to me is what I have to do after we've had sex rather than say: "You know this was just a sexual thing, I don't want to get involved." I'd rather drag it out for four or five years. - Charlie C.

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by Andy A. of Australia


I wanted to be Jimi Hendrix but I was Pat Boone. - Peter N.

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7/26

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by Andy A. of Australia


What works for one person may be good, but if it's not in the program, not the steps, then it's not AA. Which doesn't mean it's no good. It just means that it's not the AA program. So you need an Owner's Manual; a Big Book. Then you'll be able to read it and know what's in there, rather than count on someone else to tell you. - Ken D

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7/27

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by Andy A. of Australia


I left my bathroom door open when I puked but I closed it when I prayed. - Sean A.

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7/28

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by Andy A. of Australia


I never came upon any of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking. - Albert Einstein.

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7/29

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by Andy A. of Australia


Under every blouse there's a bust, under every skirt there's a slip. - Unknown origin. ( Been trying to think of a male version of this.)

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7/30

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by Andy A. of Australia


There's a test in the Big Book (p31) It says 'Try some controlled drinking, try to drink and stop abruptly. Try it more than once. Well that sounds real good, but that's not a viable test for me. I'd go into a bar, have two drinks and it would become very clear that this is just not a good test day. It's a good test, but tomorrow is a much better test day. - Bob D.

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7/31

Whatever you are feeling now that disturbs you, whatever thoughts or situations plague you, remember that it will pass. Sometimes when emotions are strong, we feel they will never end. But they do and whatever you are feeling now, you won't be feeling tomorrow. We promise.

I to understand that my troubles are not forever that "this too shall pass."

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8/1

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Once you become an alcoholic there's no going back - a frog never goes back to being a tadpole. (Or a pickle a cucumber etc. ) Unknown origin.

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Explore daily the will of God. - Carl Jung.

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8/3

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Courage is fear in action.
( or Courage is fear that has said it's prayers ) - Anon.

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Take the Fifth - or drink one. - Unknown origin. USA.

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If I share my pain and shame I cut in half. If I don't, I double it. - Anon.

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8/6

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Non alcoholic beer is for non alcoholics. - Anon.

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8/7

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I had these two things in my 4th Step I really didn't want to share. So I thought; "Well she doesn't know they're in there, I'll just skip them." So I'm all ready to go when she said; "Before we start lets say a little prayer." and she said something like; "Dear God let Pat be honest tonight." I couldn't believe it! So I read the whole thing. It took me longer to read those two things than all the rest of the pages - I just sobbed hysterically. But I did it - What I felt after that, was committed to AA. I knew I had done something that night that I couldn't do. - Pat Y.

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8/8

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I argued with my sponsor about God. He wrote on a piece of paper: 'God as I understand God is...' and said, "Go home and finish this sentence." So, I thought about this for a long time, then wrote pages and pages about what I thought was the quintessential distillation of every theory, every religious notion about God. And here I had created the perfect one. I took it back to him, he didn't even look at it, he just crumpled it up and said: "Good, now go home and pray to it." - John L.

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8/9

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Divine aid was AA's greatest asset. - Bill W.

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8/10

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by Andy A. of Australia


No big shots in AA; One shot and we're all shot. - Unknown origin. ( Aussie Version ); No seniority here. One drink and back to the vomit, - Campsie Mick.

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8/11

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by Andy A. of Australia


I picked up this little pamphlet and on the back page it said 'Are you concerned about your drinking? If so call this number collect. 'So I called and I talked to this woman, and I told her some lies. I told her that a lot of people with whom I'd been working had drinking problems and could she help me to help them? And she said yes, there was literature and places that people could go, and she gave me lots of information and said she'd send me some books. We had a wonderful conversation and I just knew if I could just read this whole thing correctly I'd know how to control and enjoy my drinking.. And just as I was about to hang up she said: Sister, would you like to tell me a little bit about your own drinking?" She just knew. She said: "I don't think you'd be making a long distance call at midnight if you were concerned about other people's drinking. And that was a moment of grace for me because I was able to break down and cry into the telephone to this strange voice to whom I'd never spoken before. I said: "I don't know what to do, I don't know who to tell, I don't know where to go for help." I'd become a public figure and I didn't want anybody to know and I was very afraid. And she said: "Well why don't you start going to some AA meetings and listen to the feelings." - Sr. Bea M.

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8/12

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A lot of doctors believed that alcoholism was caused by a Valium deficiency. - Trip S.

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8/13

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Seven days without a meeting makes one weak. - Anon.

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8/14

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by Andy A. of Australia


Rome wasn't built in a day - That's because and alcoholic didn't get the contract. - Broken Hill Jack.

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8/15

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We left the meeting, I was really angry. I said: "I'm never going to that meeting again. And I'm never sharing again!" Mick said: "Oh, you've got to share Greg.. you never know when you might tell the truth. - Greg.

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8/16

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by Andy A. of Australia


Drinking doesn't wash my troubles away
it irrigates them. Anon.

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8/17

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by Andy A. of Australia


Resentments come in the back door - wearing sunglasses. Anon.

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8/18

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Trying not so much to think of myself less, as less of myself. - Brian.

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8/19

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If you catch the disease of alcoholism you stay alive. If you don't you die. - Scott R.

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8/20

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He asked how she could tell if her husband was lying. She said; "Watch his lips. If they move, he's lying. - Anon.

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8/21

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If everything is coming your way...you're in the wrong lane. - Anon.

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8/22

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I'm not much, but I'm all I think about. - Anon.

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8/23

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He said "If you'll repeat sober what you said last night, I'll leave you and never bother you again. I said I'd do that on one condition: That he tell me what I said last night. - Anon.

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8/24

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by Andy A. of Australia


Habit is habit. And not to be flung out the window by man, but coaxed downstairs, a step at a time. - Mark Twain.

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8/25

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The counselor said: "You're full of denial". I said; "No I'm not." - Tony.

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8/26

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A definition of an alcoholic: A drunk with a conscience. - Keith D

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8/27

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I never went to bed with an ugly woman/man, but I sure woke up with a few.- Bobby Bare song.

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Selfishness, self-seeking and self-centeredness sound the same but I learned they're different: Selfishness is 'It's all for me.' - Self-centeredness is 'It's all about me' - Self-seeking is 'What's in it for me?' - Scott R.

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8/29

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by Andy A. of Australia


I'm the type who, if he has to shift a refrigerator up 15 flights of stairs, and sees a guy with a refrigerator mover's uniform on, who says; "Can I help you bring that up the stairs? I'll do it for free." I'm the type who say: "Nah, I think I've got it." - Charlie C.

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8/30

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NUTS = Not Using The Steps. Mickey B.

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8/31

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I've had some lousy days sober. Some-down-in-the-dirt, drooling-on-myself, miserable low-life ugly days sober - But I've had fifteen and a half wonderful years. - Earl H.

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9/1

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Take heart; it came to pass, it didn't come to stay. - Unknown origin.

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This too shall pass...Like a gallstone. - Anon.

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AA bumper stickers belong on the dashboard, not on the back bumper. - Anon.

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If it smells like a duck, looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck... Chances are it's a duck. Unknown origin.

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9/5

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If it smells like a duck, looks like a duck, walks like a duck and talks like a duck... It's probably an alcoholic. - Unknown origin ( Probably Duck. )

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9/6

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Being a little bit alcoholic is like being a little bit pregnant. ( And the longer you go, the more it shows. ) - Unknown origin.

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9/7

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I want my way. That's 90% of my Fifth Step. - Doug D.

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9/8

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I always had that long line of destruction right there in my face every time I got sober. So I couldn't stand sobriety. - Allen F.

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9/9

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Alcoholics Anonymous is an utter simplicity which encases a complete mystery. - Bill W.

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9/10

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I think God's job is to keep the planets from hitting each other, He's busy enough with that. I don't think He takes a lot of time wondering if I'm going to have a parking space at the meeting. - John L.

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9/11

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Step One is pretty straight forward; I can't drink - and I have trouble not drinking. - Clancy I.

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9/12

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If a newcomer calls at 2 am, I say: "Your answer's on page 63 of the Big Book." - I don't know what's on page 63, but this guy will start reading and if his answer's not there, he'll think; "Well he must have given me the wrong page." and keep reading until he finds his answer. - Serenity Sam.

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9/13

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I wouldn't put myself in situations where I can only have two drinks and then can't get anymore. Not because I'm an alcoholic. It's just sort of an intuitive thing with me. - Bob D.

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9/14

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by Andy A. of Australia


I'm not the type who came out of blackouts screaming: Cover me I'm going in! I came out at the dry cleaners with the assistant saying; "Boxed...or wrapped?" With an expression which said that he'd been asking this for some time and hadn't had any response - What do you say? "Could you repeat that? I just got here myself." - Charlie C.

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9/15

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There are not too many people too stupid to get this program but there have been a lot too clever. - Unknown origin.

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9/16

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I drank like eight pigs. - Mike.

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9/17

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Turn my stumbling blocks to stepping stones. - Jerry Jeff Walker - 'Getting By'

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9/18

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Ninety per cent of what I do on first contact with a new drunk is to spoon feed him Traditions. 'Cos if you get a guy in your car and you're on your way to a meeting and you say: "Look, you're going to have to take a searching and fearless moral inventory." you'd better not hit a red light, 'cos they're gone. - Doug D.

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9/19

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Carry the message not the mess. - Anon.

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9/20

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We have an approach called the Dumb Guy Approach to sobriety. We follow the directions that are in the AA Big Book. We don't make up any directions, there are already directions in here. If the book says we should read, we read. If it says to pray, we pray. If it says write, we write. Simple as that; 'Duh dum, ah what the hell, I can do that.' - Milt L.

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9/21

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I'd wake up in the morning and my mind would be waiting like a vulture on the bed head: "Good, I've been waiting for you." - And it never told me anything positive. - Bob E.

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9/22

The slogans we are learning are like combinations to unlock something of value and make it accessible to our mind. Even if we don't like the slogans hanging on the walls and repeated at meetings, we at least consider the possibility of opening our mind to it's intent.

What situation, God, can I find this hour where a slogan will lead me to the solution?

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9/23

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I got side-tracked; it wasn't that I was born needing six drinks, just Twelve Steps. - Trip S.

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9/24

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Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. - Hippocrates.

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9/25

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I was worried about stuff I couldn't remember for my 4th Step. My sponsor said: "Let's just do the fridge, we'll get to the freezer later. - Tony.

[free2bunme]

:1::lol:

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9/26

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I know my capacity for drink but I keep getting drunk before I reach it. - Oliver R.

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9/27

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You go to a meeting and in ten minutes you're telling a complete stranger things you wouldn't tell a priest. - Doug D.

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9/28

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Denial - Don't Even Notice I Am Lying. - Mickey B.

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9/29

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I'm not one who says that sobriety is a life beyond my wildest dreams - I could have dreamed up something far wilder than this. - Lorna K.

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9/30

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We all came on different ships but we're on the same boat now. - Martin Luther King.

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10/1

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Why I tell you how long I've been sober is that there are so many new things happening in AA that one day we might get a pension plan going here, and I want to get my full benefit! - Norm A.

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10/4

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I looked around the room and I could not figure out what it was that you had which was so hot I should be willing to go to any lengths to get. Some of you had nice jewelry - and if your rings were loose and you held my hand during the Lord's Prayer.. they were mine. - Patti O

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10/11

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by Andy A. of Australia


It was like: "Hi, we are Alcoholics Anonymous, we're a fellowship of self-admitted alcoholics and pathological liars; we want you to trust us. If you can believe that, you can start getting well. - Doug D.

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10/12

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After all is said and done. More is said than done. Anon.

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10/13

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I try to keep my words palatable - I never know when I may have to eat them. - Anon.

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10/14

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You can't save your face and your butt at the same time. - Unknown Origin.

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I realized I had a body which can't tolerate alcohol, which is OK. except that I had a mind that can't leave it alone. I'd always said that I could take it or leave it alone - I couldn't do either. - Doug D.

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10/16

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by Andy A. of Australia


Those who can't forget are worse off than those who can't remember. Anon.

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10/17

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by Andy A. of Australia


It doesn't matter so much who is right but what is right. I don't get indigestion from swallowing my pride. Anon.

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10/18

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by Andy A. of Australia


I don't have to figure out God's will for me anymore. God's will is defined for me by taking Steps 10 and 11. Because it's all a process of weeding out everything which isn't God's will. - Cindy F.

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10/19

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by Andy A. of Australia


I play the ball from where it lies - not where I wish it was. - Arnold Palmer.

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10/20

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by Andy A. of Australia


YET = You're Eligible Too. Anon.

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Our 2nd Tradition says that a loving God speaks through our group conscience. So I have the assurance that if I go to a meeting, willing to listen, there'll probably be a wino in the room who'll hit me right between the eyes with exactly what I need to hear. - Doug D.

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10/22

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by Andy A. of Australia


The bigger my head. The bigger the target. Anon.

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10/23

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by Andy A. of Australia


The bridges you cross before you come to them are over rivers which aren't there. - Gene Brown.

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by Andy A. of Australia


Until I make peace with what I am I'll never be content with what I have. - Burt S.

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10/25

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by Andy A. of Australia


I'm so grateful to be here fully clothed and in my right mind and not crawling around in a jail cell on my hands and knees like an animal. - Johnny H.

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10/26

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by Andy A. of Australia


A question to see if you're alcoholic: Have you ever been sunburned on the roof of your mouth? - Wino Joe.

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10/27

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by Andy A. of Australia


If you take alcohol out of my life, I'm left with emptiness, darkness, despair, and all-consuming hopelessness. If it's not replaced with something of value, I must drink. And I know absolutely, from my experience, that Alcoholics Anonymous is that something of value that fills that hole and fulfills every need I shall ever have. - Cubby S.

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10/28

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by Andy A. of Australia


God doesn't need much; whatever we have left is enough.- Anon.

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10/29

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by Andy A. of Australia


Worrying is like being in a rocking chair; it gives me something to do but it doesn't get me anywhere. - Anon.

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by Andy A. of Australia


Denial isn't a river in Egypt. - Unknown origin.

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10/31

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The meeting was at a church, there was a man standing at the door, he had a tie on and he was handsome. And I thought: "He must be the minister, now he'll tell me to leave." And he stuck out his hand and said, "Welcome." And I wasn't ready for that; the welcome I got from Alcoholics Anonymous. One drunk relating to another. - Sharon B.

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11/1

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by Andy A. of Australia


If you say the Lord's Prayer, be careful of saying the lines: 'Forgive my trespasses as I forgive those who trespass against me.' if there are people you haven't forgiven. Because you'll be asking God to do the same." - Un-remembered source ( paraphrased )

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11/2

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Most of my problems today are in areas that I didn't even have areas when I was drinking. - Earl H.

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by Andy A. of Australia


I was furious. I looked up at the ceiling and screamed; "I don't believe in you and I think you're a jerk!" then I realized, if I didn't believe in God, who in the hell was I yelling at? Then, being a good ex-Catholic, I waited for three weeks to see if I was going to be punished for calling Him a jerk. - Ken D.

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It seems a sponsor's job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. - Bob E.

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by Andy A. of Australia


Egotism enables a man in a rut to think he's in a groove. - Anon.

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by Andy A. of Australia


Diabetics watch what they eat and take insulin. I watch what I drink and take the steps. - Anon.

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11/7

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by Andy A. of Australia


With the 12th Step we have this great guarantee; 'Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps.' It's the only thing we're working for, or towards; a spiritual awakening, And it's a flat out guarantee; you cannot take the Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous without having a spiritual awakening It is impossible, So relax. Cubby S.

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11/8

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by Andy A. of Australia


Alcohol was my comforter, my friend, my lover...My God. Margaret.

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11/9

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Alcoholism is the only disease they lock you up for. Anon.

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If alcoholism is a three-fold disease; mental, physical - and the mental and physical mix together and create a soul sickness - and psycho therapy is mental, which is one-fold. I'd be trying to treat a three-fold illness with one fold, which would leave me two fold short. Which would explain why I felt like I was bringing a knife to a gunfight my whole life. - Scott R.

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You don't have to want what we have - You just have to not want what you have. - Eddie C.

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11/12

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by Andy A. of Australia


Life is fragile - Handle with prayer. - Unknown origin.

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11/13

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by Andy A. of Australia


There's a line in 'Alice In Wonderland': "You have to run as fast as you can to stay where you are." And it seems like that's the way I spent most of my life and the first few years of my sobriety.- Gayle W.

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Speaking from the podiums at meetings and possibly embarrassing myself was way more than I wanted to do. I believe today that my willingness to be embarrassed was the key to me getting a life. - Steve A.

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11/15

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by Andy A. of Australia


Laughter is the music of Alcoholics Anonymous. - Angie D.

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11/16

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by Andy A. of Australia


Success consists of getting up one more time than you fall. - Anon

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11/17

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It's not just the 'yets' I worry about if I pick up a drink - it's also the 'agains'. - Anon.

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by Andy A. of Australia


People think that they're going to get sober by osmosis and going to 90 meetings in 90 days. But there's only one way to obtain and maintain sobriety and that's through the progam folded within these 164 pages. - Ted H.

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11/19

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by Andy A. of Australia


If you went to a critical AIDS ward and said " I've got a deal for you; would you come with me to some meetings, meet and chat with some people, take some actions that seem strange to you - would you do that if I could arrest your AIDS? They'd sign over their homes to you. But, go to the alcoholism ward where they're dying from this disease, and they won't go to an AA meeting two doors down the hall. - Clancy I.

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11/20

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by Andy A. of Australia


They take good scotch, put juice, soda, bitters and God knows what in it, shake it up, stick an umbrella in it - That's alcohol abuse. - Anon.

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11/21

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Knowing why I was an alcoholic doesn't help. The ship hits an iceberg, it's sinking, everyone is rowing away. But you're on the deck saying; "I'm not leaving this baby until I understand what happened." - Clancy I.

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11/22

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by Andy A. of Australia


I was waking up with someone I didn't like - and I was sleeping alone. - Anon.

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11/23

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I spent fifteen years out there looking for my girlfriend. Then I came to the program and got sober, and I went home one day and I found her; She was my wife. And ain't that the story of the alcoholic? I spent all that time looking for something I had all along. - Norm A.

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11/24

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by Andy A. of Australia


I'm the type of alcoholic that when I stop drinking, for all practical purposes, that's where my alcoholism begins. - Bob D.

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The more my head swells the less my mind expands. - Anon.

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11/26

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I was cool when I got to AA - If I'd have been any cooler I'd have frozen to death. - Eddie C.

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11/27

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by Andy A. of Australia


Resentments are like replay cameras at football games; 'Let's take a another look at that in slow motion and close-up - Oh yes, that was worse than I thought.. let's look at that from another angle!' - Joe McQ.

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11/28

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The measure of my anxiety is the measure of my distance from God. - Unknown origin. Aust.

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11/29

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by Andy A. of Australia


Courage is fear that has said a prayer. - Anon.

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After a few drinks I was capable of doing anything. As a result of which I stand before you tonight with no fantasy unlived. I have done everything that it has ever occurred to me to do - I'm deeply grateful that there are some things I never thought of. - Sean A.

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Sober: Son Of A B**** Everything's Real. - Mickey B.

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I know if I take a drink, I'm gone. It's going to just keep feeding itself. But I secretly suspected that everybody who drinks must surely get that same fired-up feeling and want more, but because they don't have a problem with it they can control it. But in the AA Big Book Dr. Silkworth says that's not true; non alcoholics never experience that phenomenon of craving. - Bob D.

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It's fine to drink like a fish.
If you drink what fish drink. - Jim M.

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I ran out of the meeting screaming; "You're not going to railroad me into being happy!" A while later I realized what I'd said. - Serenity Sam.

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I went outside and leaned up against the wall. I was throwing up on my shoes. And a man came out and he brought a towel and he cleaned me up, put his arms around me and said: "Honey this is the last drunk you'll ever have to shake out." - Gayle W.

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12/6

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by Andy A. of Australia


You hear all kinds of nonsense. Like: "If you're in pain you're not working the program." "If you're afraid, you're not working the Steps." Believing that nearly tore me apart for years. How can you possibly practice spiritual principles without going through periods, not only of pain, but of suffering and unbelievable agony? It's impossible. Because what I'm doing is uprooting illusions that I've based my very life on; all those old ideas, those lies I believed, and I'm wrenching them out. Like having six teeth pulled with no sedative - And I'm going to feel good? - Cubby S.

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I told the operator I wanted to talk to Alcoholics Anonymous - this was 28 years ago - so instead of giving me the Central Office she gave me the local Alano Club. The person picked up and said: "Hello." and gave the phone number. I said: "I want to talk to whoever's in charge." - I always believed in going immediately to the top. And there was a hell of an argument on the other end, as they snatched the phone away from each other while they decided who was in charge. Finally, one guy got on and said - and doesn't this make sense? Listen to this; he said: "Our Higher Power can't speak to you on the phone right now, but I have been authorized to speak in His behalf on any issues of recovery." - Franny S.

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Other drugs; I never stopped doing one thing to do something else, I just kinda 'added to'. - Allen F.

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Prayer is talking to God. Meditation is listening to Him. - Unknown origin.

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by Andy A. of Australia


The most effective prayer I ever said had only five words, the longest word being a swear word. God didn't seem to mind. Trip S.

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Self Will: An alkie ship's captain at night sees a light dead ahead, on collision course and sends a signal; "Change your course, 12 degrees west." A signal comes back; "Change your's 12 degrees east." The captain begins to get angry; "I'm a captain." The reply: "I'm a seaman, 2nd class." The captain is furious now: "I'm on a destroyer, change your course, and call me sir!" The reply; "I'm on a lighthouse, your call.. sir." - Jack K. (Amended)

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My folks know how to push my buttons,
they installed them. - Anon.

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I thought; 'I won't just read the 4th Step, I'll chant it, like a Greek Tragedy; "I resent my mother!!" and as I rip the pages out after I chant it, I'll throw it on a fire, signifying the connection between heaven and earth. The smoke and ashes will carry away my sins and my purified soul will be lifted to the heavens.' I didn't mention this to my sponsor, 'cos like I said, he's kind of a rigid guy. So he picks me up and says 'You can start reading now.' And I thought; 'In your Camaro?' - I was going to read the greatest spiritual treatise ever written, in a Camaro? - Chris C.

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Using will power to control drinking is about as effective as using will power on diarrhea. - Steve M.

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He drank not as an epicure, but barbarious, with a speed and dispatch, as if he were performing a homicidal function, as if he had to kill something inside himself; a worm that would not die." - Baudelaire talking of Edgar Allen Poe.

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It's not what you drink, or where you drink, or how much you drink; It's what it's doing for you.

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by Andy A. of Australia


If carrots would do what alcohol did for me, I'd be a carrotolic. - Al A.

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The reality of AA is like an invisible boat that you only see when you start rowing. - Clancy I.

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If you don't believe that the AA Big Book was written with the assistance of a divine editor, ask yourself; 'Could my home group have written it?' In my group it takes us twenty minutes to elect a G.S.O - And that's when we have a volunteer. - Doug D.

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Look to the sun and the shadows fall behind. - Anon.

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12/21

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They didn't make a glass big enough for me to have one drink.- Anon.

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12/22

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There are no chemical solutions to spiritual problems. - Ron K.

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If I point the finger at anyone, I have three pointing right back at me. - Unknown origin.

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12/24

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by Andy A. of Australia


This guy had been dragged out of his car drunk by the police. He was handcuffed and chained to a bench at the police station, he'd just urinated on himself, and he looked up at the cop and said; "I have got to stop driving." - Scott R.

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12/25

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One drink's too many and a thousand is not enough.- Unknown origin.

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12/26

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The Twelve Steps when simmered down to the last, resolve themselves into two words: 'Love' and 'Service'. - Dr. Bob.

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12/27

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Alcoholism is the only prison where the locks are on the inside. - Peggy M.

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12/28

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When in deep water; become a diver. - Unknown origin.

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12/29

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Give me your hand o brother mine and even I may help you up. - Henry Lawson.

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12/30

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by Andy A. of Australia


We must think of all those sick ones still to come to AA. As they try to make their return to faith and to life, we want them to find everything in AA that we have found, and yet more, if that be possible. No care, no vigilance, no effort to preserve AA's constant effectiveness will ever be too great to hold us in full readiness for the day of their homecoming. Bill W. 1959.

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12/31

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Keep coming back. Unknown origin.

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I don't know if I was born an alcoholic.
I do know that when I had my first drink an alcoholic was born. - Keith D.

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Look back on the past
- but don't stare. - Anon.

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On a good day things are OK and I don't drink. On a great day things are lousy and I don't drink. - Anon.

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We have these two forces; this insatiable thirst, compulsion, hunger, yearning, call it what you will. We don't know what we're looking for but we're searching. And the other force; the escape. We're running, not knowing what from. - Eddie E.

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A man can be a drunk sometimes, but a drunk can't be a man. - George Jones song.

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I wrote my 4th Step exactly as it says in the AA Big Book. I made the columns . I wrote everybody I resented - which basically turned out to be everybody who breathed air I thought should have been mine. I wrote in the next column what they did to me - Well all my life I wanted to tell you what "They" did to me. And in the third column, how it affected me. Well it affected my self-worth, my dignity my security... no wonder I drank! And I was having a great time until I accidentally turned the page. And hidden in the body of text it says 'Referring to our list again, we put out of our minds the wrongs others had done, and looked at what our part was.' ( Big Book Pg. 67 ) Well now it wasn't fun anymore. But I made a 4th column and looked at my part, and that was my inventory. And when I finished it I knew I belonged in Alcoholics Anonymous. I believe we all have the same story. We all acted it out a little differently but we all a have the same story. - Patti O.

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In sobriety, I ended up playing golf alone.. and cheating. - Craig S.

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If you want your dreams to come true... wake up. - Unknown origin.

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If you think you're doing too many meetings, cut it back to one a day. - Campsie Mick.

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The beauty and the power of AA lies in identification. No one in AA ever told me what I was. If you try to tell me I'm an alcoholic or I'm this or that, I just have automatic knee-jerk reaction defense mechanisms that come into play and I just shut you out. You can't get to me that way. But in AA, I'd be sitting at the back of the room and you'd be talking about yourself, so my defenses are down, and I start to identify. - Bob D.

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An attitude of gratitude cuts through analysis paralysis. - James A.

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Today is the tomorrow I worried about yesterday. - Ken D.

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AA doesn't say we can't have personalities, it just says we put principles before them. - Liz J.

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Spending money I don't have, buying things I don't need, to impress people I don't know. - Norm A.

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'I liked you better when you were drinking.'
'I liked you better when I was drinking too!' - Anon.

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They say I'm the heart of AA. If that's true, then Dr Bob was it's soul. And the blood of my heart. - Bill W. ( On the day Dr. Bob died )

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It's not a question of finding the right person, but becoming the right person. - Anon.

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The problem with relationships in early sobriety is that that person becomes my higher power. - Charlie C.

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He who laughs, lasts. - Anon.

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I don't have a drinking problem today, I have a sobriety problem. If I pick up a drink, I've got a whole new problem. - Barney M.

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Other diseases have blood tests and X-rays. We have an inventory. And if you stick around long enough to do it, you'll be actually able take a picture of your alcoholism. You'll actually be able to see your disease. - Scott R.

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Drinking is not a word, it's a sentence. - Anon.

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When I slide over from being 'On the Program' to 'Self Will Run Riot' it's seamless. There's no bump, no warning, I'm just there. That's why I need Step 1O. - Trip S.

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The highest rank in AA: Sober. - Ken.

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I can't get too cocky around AA. I can be a peacock one day and a feather duster the next. - Unknown origin.

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I'm hardest to love when I need love the most. - Anon.

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Tolerance: The ability to put up with those you'd like to put down. - Anon.

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I get drunk - we stay sober. - Cubby S.

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I got sober and I didn't know if I was Arthur or Martha sexually.
Then a guy got up and said that when he came in he didn't know whether he liked men, women, or sheep. So I sort of thought I was doing all right - because sheep weren't on the agenda. - John.

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There a no passengers in AA, we're all crew. - Anon.

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God doesn't care who carries the message. He just wants it carried. - Anne P.

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I didn't become an alcoholic because I drank too much. I drank too much because I'm an alcoholic. - Unknown origin.

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I looked for God all over. And that's where I found him; All over. - Phil P.

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We're all rebels who want to be hugged. - Charlie C.

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You hear people say; "I do Steps 1,2,and 3 everyday." And that sounds so good the newcomer hears that and dies. Because all they've told you is they're getting ready to begin. It's like they make a decision to be pilots and them spend the rest of their lives in ground school. - Ted H.

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Most alcoholics would rather die than get sober.
And they do. - Anon.

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Rockbottom: When things got worse faster than I could lower my standards. - Anon.

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Alcohol gave me wings to fly, then took away my sky. - Anon.

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I've got a mind that's trying to kill me. - Bob P.

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It says in Chapter Five; 'If you have decided you want what we have..' Decision. '..and are willing to go to any lengths to get it.' Action. As far as I can tell, that summarizes everything in life: Decision, Action, Result. - Cubby S.

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An alcoholic is anyone I don't like who drinks more than me. - Dylan Thomas.

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I wanted to be Clint Eastwood but I was more like Woody Allen. - Trip S.

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Willpower tells me I must. Willingness tells me I can. - Anon.

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Alcohol is a great remover. It removes stains, inhibitions, worries, jobs, families, freedom, choices, dignity, livers,
- and lives. - Anon.

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Don't point the finger, reach out the hand. - Anon.

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I'd called AA and they sent this fella Kevin around. He came into my office, put his hand out and asked how I was. I said my standard "Great". And he kept hold of my hand pulled me up close, eye-balled me and said; "Bull s..." - He was my sponsor from that day. - Dave B.

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An alcoholic is a fellow who is trying to get his religion out of a bottle, when what he really wants is unity within himself. Unity with God. - Bill W.

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The road to recovery is always under construction. - Anon.

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by Andy A. of Australia


Early in recovery. I heard Aldous Huxley give a lecture. Afterwards I went up to him, I had an AA pin on my lapel and he spotted it and he was ebullient and said;" I'm a friend of Bill W!" I didn't know Bill W, so I said: Mr. Huxley, what is God? and with this grin, he said; "God is the inner experience of principles applied." I said:" Yeah...maybe you, didn't understand the question." He said; "You have a program, if you will apply those Steps, one day at a time, in your life, you will eventually have inner experiences that can't come about any other way. Then you won't have to ask that question because you will have the experience." - Eddie C.

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by Andy A. of Australia


The difference between God and me is that God doesn't think he's me. - Anon.

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I wanted to be a writer. So I bought a pipe, a sports jacket with leather on the sleeves and a book on French. And I sat in the bar. I never wrote a line. - Anon.

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Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland.

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by Andy A. of Australia


Wondering why I was an alcoholic was like being a man standing on a bridge, looking down at a gently flowing stream beneath. But my pants are on fire. And I'm saying: "I wonder how these pants got on fire, was it hereditary or environmental?" Who cares. You jump in the water. - Doug D.

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by Andy A. of Australia


An alcoholic who stops drinking, is like the guy who jumps into the water only to find that he can't swim. And AA isn't the water you jump into when your pants are on fire, AA is a bunch of idiots in a life boat with charred britches who come along and give swimming lessons. - Doug D.

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by Andy A. of Australia


If I'd known I was going to live this long I'd have taken better care of myself." - Unknown origin.

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I never let go of anything that didn't have my claw marks on it. - Tony B.

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I'm unique, just like everybody else. - Anon.

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This is a disease of insight. I could see the filth, the deceit, the ugliness, the infidelity. The pain of alcoholism and me. It was all very clear. I could see through myself like glass - As Socrates said: "The unexamined life is not worth living." - Tom M.

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...And the unlived life is not worth examining. - Serenity Sam.

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It takes a whole lot of medicine darlin', for me to pretend I'm somebody else.- "Guilty" Randy Newman.

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The highest rank in AA: Chief Servant. - Danny T.

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If everyone approached getting their driver's license like they approach the Twelve Steps, I'd have the highways to myself. - Ted H.