Recovery Quotes | 12 Steps to Recovery
For Today --
Another principle we observe carefully is that we do not relate
intimate experiences of another person unless we are sure he
would approve. We find it better, when possible, to stick to our
own stories.
-- Alcoholics Anonymous, page…
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For Today –
Practical experience shows that nothing will so much insure immunity
from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics. It works when other
activities fail. This is our twelfth suggestion: Carry this message to other
alcoholics! You can help when no one else can. You can secure their
confidence when others fail. Remember they are very ill.
--…
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For Today --
In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not
be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God
for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and
take it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the
right answers come after we have tried this for a while.
-- Alcoholics Anonymous, page…
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For Today –
To think bad thoughts is really the easiest thing in the world.
If you leave your mind to itself it will spiral down into ever
increasing unhappiness. To think good thoughts, however,
requires effort. This is one of the things that discipline –
training - is about.
-- Shogun, James…
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Our true home is in the present moment. To live in the present moment
is a miracle. The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk
on this green earth in the present moment, to appreciate the peace and
beauty that are available now. Peace is all around us, in the world and
in nature and within us, in our bodies and our spirits. Once we learn to
touch…
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For Today --
Implicit throughout A.A.'s Traditions is the confession that our
Fellowship has its sins. We admit that we have character defects as a
society and that these defects threaten us continually. Our Traditions
are a guide to better ways of working and living, and they are to group
survival and harmony what A.A.'s Twelve Steps are to each member's
sobriety and…
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Humility is not thinking less of myself, but thinking of myself less.
-- unknown (but I heard it from a Roxbury man)
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Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have
seen and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any…
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For Today –
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that
we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that
most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing…
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For Today –
I can’t prove it’s true, but I choose to believe people treat me the way
I’ve taught them to treat me. This creates a big responsibility for me.
It means that if I don’t like the way someone is treating me, I can alter
their behavior by first changing my own. I can have a positive influence
on the situation. Since I have, by my behavior, taught them to treat me
the…
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For Today --
In a class once Vernon Howard gave this remarkable and very challenging idea:
"There is a sinister whisper used by darkness that has been highly effective over
the centuries. It is this: ‘With all the knowledge you've collected, you can become
someone, a teacher, a person who doesn't need these studies any more.’"
If we seek spiritual principles to cleverly place…
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For Today --
The Serenity Prayer continued --
Also, something that you may not have noticed is that contained in the Serenity Prayer are
the ONLY two healthy options that we have when presented with difficulties. Sure, we could
complain, get friends to co-sign our misery or do nothing at all, but these are old behaviors
and bring about no solution. Our emotions…
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For Today --
Sometimes we need to place love ahead of indiscriminate `factual honesty'.
We cannot, under the guise of `perfect honesty', cruelly and unnecessarily
hurt others. Always one must ask, “What is the best and most loving thing I
can do?”
-- As Bill Sees It, page…
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Learning to trust is one of life's most difficult tasks.
-- Isaac Watts
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I pray that I may see God's meaning in my life. I pray that I may gladly accept what God
has to teach me.
-- Twenty-four Hours a…
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(The Serenity Prayer)
It opens by asking God to grant us serenity to accept things we cannot change.
I have always thought that this was unusual because it seems to me that serenity
doesn't create acceptance. How it's always worked for me though is that serenity
comes after acceptance, but who am I to argue. More importantly, it's been my
experience that most of the time, the…
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Life isn't supposed to be an all or nothing battle between misery and bliss.
Life isn't supposed to be a battle at all. And when it comes to happiness,
well, sometimes life is just okay, sometimes it's comfortable, sometimes
wonderful, sometimes boring, sometimes unpleasant. When your day's
not perfect, it's not a failure or a terrible loss. It's just another day.
-- Barbara Sher
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For Today --
Though I still find it difficult to accept today's pain and anxiety with
any great degree of serenity — as those more advanced in the spiritual
life seem able to do — I can give thanks for present pain nevertheless.
I find the willingness to do this by contemplating the lessons learned from
past suffering — lessons which have led to the blessings I now enjoy.…
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For Today --
To those who wish to secede from A.A. altogether, we extent a cheerful
invitation to do just that. If they can do better by other means, we are glad.
-- Twelve Concepts for World Service
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It doesn't interest me where or what or with whom…
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