sometimes annoying, often overused, but always true...
I can have complete serenity at this very moment...if I live in denial.
We came to AA to save our ass, and found out our soul was attached .
Hope
Unity
Gratitude
Serenity
not drugs
HOPE is
Helping
Other
People
Everyday!
Just For Today...
You have to be willing to get rid of the life you have planned, so to have the life that is waiting for you.
No matter what - you don't have to pick up.
Until the pain gets strong enough, there will be no change.
It came to pass; it didn't come to stay.
Humble people don't think less of themselves, they just think of themselves less.
Resentments are like peeing your pants--they don't affect anyone quite as much as you!
May your lost dreams of yesterday become the reality of your tomorrow!
Hit your knees.....
not the bottle!"
I can't fix anyone but me,
and that's a full time job!"
Recovery is an inside job
Just for today.
Think Think Think
First things first.
How important is it?
Keep an open mind.
Keep it simple.
Live and let live.
Have an attitude of gratitude.
Mind your own business.
Progress not perfection.
Change the things I can.
One day at a time.
Wonderful things happen
One day at a time
Listen and learn.
Let go and let God
Easy does it.
This too shall pass.
Great expectations can lead to great disappointments.
Al-Anon doesn't give us the choice between feeling good or feeling bad- it gives us the choice between feeling and not feeling.
Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself
If it is to be, it is up to me.
If you think handling everything is too much, try letting go.
Fear is a darkroom where negatives are developed.
Take what you like and leave the rest.
Measure yourself by your best moments not your worst.
Remember yesterday, dream of tomorrow, but live for today.
The longest journey starts with the first step.
Recovery is a process, not an event-it takes time.
Recovery is an inside job.
You must be present to win.
Each new day offers a new opportunity
One hour at a time..
One day at a time..
One step at a time
Wonderful things happen..
One Day At A Time
A.A. Slogans
"It's alcohol-ISM, not alcohol-WASM !"
"A.A. also stands for.
"Attitude Adjustment."
"I can only carry the message, I can"t carry the drunk!"
Seven missed meetings makes one weak.
Happiness is not getting what you want, it is wanting what you get.
Self-will can get me what I want right now,
God's will can provide what I need for eternity.
The only difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how we use them.
Being Recovered from Alcoholism is like getting a Gunshot wound. You can
recover from it but it does NOT make you bulletproof. You can recover from
alcoholism but it does not make you Immune from Alcohol.
HALT: Don't get
too Hungry,
too Angry,
too Lonely, or
too Tired!!
It's never to late to be what you might have been. George Eliot (12 life in recovery magazine).
There ain't no big deals!
If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got.
or
If you keep doin' what your doin'
you'll keep gettin' what your gettin'
No matter how far off the path we've stumbled, we're no more than 12 steps away from the solution!
Thoughts are not things and feelings are not facts; they only have the power we give them.
Looking for God
is like a fish looking for water.
Listen to the message..
not the messenger
Feel, Deal and the Heal
(Feel it, Deal with it and then Heal from it)
Hope is knowing the good in us will overcome the bad.
Happy, Joyous & Free
God speaks to us all a little differently, hoping we'll tell each other.
Even if I'm on the right track, if I don't move I'll get run over
Don't give up five minutes before the miracle
Do not be discouraged.
There is no situation too difficult to be bettered and No unhappiness to great to be lessened.
Don't take everything personally.
When you feel left out, reach out.
Have patience with all things, but first with yourself.
Serenity comes when I stop expecting and start accepting.
Today is the tomorrow that I worried about yesterday.
You cannot deal with the alligators until you drain the swamp and get out of the mud.
Glance at the past, but don't stare at it.
You can't change yesterday, but you can ruin today by worrying about tomorrow.
Wherever you go- there you are.
To live or just exist- the choice is yours.
Focus on the program-not the problem.
One needn't make a crisis out of an incident.
When you're flat on your back, there's no way to look but up.
As you go through life, make this your goal- watch the donut not the hole.
No is a complete sentence.
It's hard to be hateful when you're being grateful.
Fear is not a shortcoming- it's an emotion. Our reaction to it can be the shortcoming.
It helps to learn the difference between being responsible to others and being responsible for others.
Ulcers are what you get from mountain climbing on mole hills.
If you find yourself in a rut, stop digging.
Never walk unescorted through your own mind- it can be a dangerous neighborhood.
The way to get anywhere is to start from where you are.
If you want serenity, put your Higher Power between you & your problem.
Expectations are premeditated resentments.
