Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.
It is only our deeds that reveal who we are.
To confront a person with their own shadow is to show them their own light.
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
An old man who cannot bid farewell to life appears as feeble and sickly as the young man who is unable to embrace it.
When an inner situation is not made conscious, it happens outside, as fate.
Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.
One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious.
~Alcoholics Anonymous Today~
( List of A.A. Mottos/suggetstions to Live by)
Easy does it
First things first
Live and let live
But for the grace of God
Think….Think…..ThinkOne day at a time
Let go and let God
KISS – Keep it simple stupid
Act as if. . .
This too shall pass
Expect miracles
I can’t…He can…I think I’ll let Him
It if works….don’t fix it
Keep coming back….it works if you work it
Stick with winners
Keep right size
Sobriety is a journey, not a destination
Faith without works is dead
To thine own self be true
I came, I came to, I came to believe
Live in the NOW
Turn it over
We are only as sick as our secrets
There are no coincidences in God’s universe
Be part of the solution, not the problem
Willingness is the key
More will be revealed
No pain….no gain
Let is begin with me
Just for today
Pass it on
Don’t quit 5 minutes before the miracle happens
Practice an attitude of gratitude
A friend of Bill W’s
Wherever you go, there you are
Make use of telephone therapy
Look for similarities rather than differences
When all else fails, follow directions
What goes around, comes around
Change is a process, not an event
Sick and tired of being sick and tired
To keep it, you have to give it away
Take what you can use and leave the rest
What if
You can’t give away what you don’t have
Keep coming back
AA is not something you join, it’s a way of life
A journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first step
God – Good Orderly Direction (Design)
Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation
EGO – Edge God Out
Serenity is not freedom from the storm, but peace amid the storm
Principles before personalities
You shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall set you free
There is only one way to coast, and that is downhill
The good news is you get your emotions back.
The bad news is you get your emotions back.
All we ask is that you completely change your attitude as soon as possible.
Never put people in AA on a pedestal ... there's no room to dance.
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all. But whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.
Without memory, there is no healing. Without forgiveness, there is no future.
Our business is doing God's business. As long as we do God's business, whatever happens to us is none of our business. That's God's business.
It's not old behavior if I'm still doing it.
easy does it
first things first
live and let live
but for the grace of God
think......think.......think
one day at time
let go and let god
kiss---keep it simple stupid
act as if.........
this too shall pass
expect miracles
I can't .........he can..........I think I'll let him (steps 1,2,3)
if it works.........don't fix it
keep coming back..........it works if you work it
stick with the winners
keep right size
sobriety is a journey ..........not a destination
faith without works is dead
poor me.....poor me............pour me another drink
to thine own self be true
I came; I came to; I came to believe (steps 1,2,3)
live in the NOW
if god seems far away, who moved ?
turn it over
AA=altered attitudes
nothing is so bad, a drink won't make it worse
we are only as sick as our secrets
there are no coincidences in AA
be part of the solution, not the problem
sponsors: have one-----use one-----be one
I can't handle it God; you take over
keep an open mind
it works -------it really does ! (page 88,line 8 in the big book)
willingness is the key
more will be revealed
you will intuitively know
you will be amazed
no pain.........no gain
go for it
keep the plug in the jug
do it sober
let it begin with me
just for today
sober `n` crazy
pass it on
it's in the book
you either is-------or you ain't
before you say: I can't ............say I'll try
don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle happens
some of us our sicker than others
we're all here because we're not all there
alcoholism is an equal opportunity destroyer
practice an attitude of gratitude
the road to sobriety is a simple journey for confused
people with a complicated disease
another friend of bill W.'s
God is never late
have a good day unless of course you have made other plans
decisions aren't forever
it takes time
90 meetings in 90 days.........90/90
you are not alone
where you go .......there you are
don't drink, read the big book, and go to meetings
use the 24-hour plan
make use of the telephone therapy
stay sober for yourself
look for similarities rather than differences
remember your last drunk
remember that alcoholism is incurable, progressive, and fatal
try not place conditions on your sobriety
"Provided we strenuously avoid turning these realistic surveys of the facts of life into unrealistic alibis for apathy or defeatism, they can be the sure foundation upon which increased emotional health and therefore spiritual progress can be built." - Reprinted from As Bill Sees It p. 44 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
"We're not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition." - Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous p. 85 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
"With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped on an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a power greater than themselves." - Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous pp. 569 and 70 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
"With few exceptions our members find that they have tapped on an unsuspected inner resource which they presently identify with their own conception of a power greater than themselves." - Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous pp. 569 and 70 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
"Why all this insistence that every AA must hit bottom first? The answer is that few people will sincerely tried to practice the AA program unless they have hit bottom. For practicing AA's remaining eleven steps means the adoption of attitudes and actions that almost no alcoholic who is still drinking can dream of taking." - Reprinted from 12 Steps and 12 Traditions page 24 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
"The trouble with us alcoholics was this: We demanded that the world give us happiness and peace of mind in just the particular order we wanted to get it-- by the alcohol route. And we weren't successful. But when we take the time to find out some of the spiritual laws, and familiarize ourselves with them, and put them into practice, then do we get happiness and peace of mind..... There seem to be some rules that we have to follow, but happiness and peace of mind are always here, open and free to anyone" - Reprinted from Dr. Bob and the Good Old-timers, p. 308 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
"By going back in our own drinking histories, we could show that years before we realized it we were out of control, that our drinking even then was no mere habit, that it was indeed the beginning of a fatal progression."- Reprinted fromTwelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 23 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
"Faith has to work twenty-four hours a day in and through us, or we perish." - Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 16 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
"The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being." - Reprinted from Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, p. 53 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
No words can tell of the loneliness and despair I found in that bitter morass of self-pity. Quicksand stretched around me in all directions. I had met my match. I had been overwhelmed. Alcohol was my master. - Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous , p.8 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
"When working with a man and his family, you should take care not to participate in their quarrels. You may spoil your chance of being helpful if you do." -- - Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 100 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.,
"As we felt new power flow in, as we enjoyed peace of mind, as we discovered we could face life successfully, as we became conscious of His presence, we began to lose our fear of today, tomorrow or the hereafter. We were reborn. - Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 63 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
You may already have asked yourself why it is that all of us became so very ill from drinking. Doubtless you are curious to discover how and why, in the face of expert opinion to the contrary, we have recovered from a hopeless condition of mind and body. If you are an alcoholic who wants to get over it, you may already be asking--"What do I have to do?" Reprinted from Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 20 with permission of A.A. World Services, Inc.
