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December 30, 2024
“All I had to do was ask myself a simple question: ‘Am I or am I not powerless over alcohol?’ I didn’t have to compare myself or my experience with anyone, just answer a simple question.”
“Attitude Adjustment” NEW YORK, NEW YORK, JANUARY 2006 “Not picking up a drink creates infinite possibilities for me. ... Who knows? This could be the greatest day of my life.”
“The Steps will speak to my condition wherever I am in sobriety.”
“AA does not teach us how to handle our drinking; it teaches us how to handle our sobriety.” From AA Grapevine
“Honest, Open-Minded, Willing” WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, MARCH 1952 “Those of us who saw the shadow of the butterfly net overhead are blessed if we get to know that an open mind can save.” From AA Grapevine
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“Today, the two most important things in recovery for me are willingness and action. ... Today, I have a smile that I can offer other alcoholics.”
“AA isn’t for the people who need it or for the people who want it; it’s for the people who are willing to do the work to get it.”
“As an individual I am so small I’m almost totally meaningless in the universe; it’s almost as if I didn’t exist. But not quite. ... As small as I am, I’m not totally meaningless.”
“Before the coming of faith I had lived as an alien in a cosmos that too often seemed both hostile and cruel.”
JUNE 18 “Responsibility (Noun): The Ability to Respond” BRONX, NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 1983 “Responsibility is a gift; and although we are not obliged to receive it, we will never come to know the peace, assurance, and love of a vital sobriety until we do.” From I Am Responsible
“Emotional and instinctual satisfactions, I saw, were really the extra dividends of having love, offering love, and expressing love appropriate to each relation of life.” From The Language of the Heart
“I’m not here to change Alcoholics Anonymous; Alcoholics Anonymous is here to change me.”
“If we follow our Traditions, we will survive and, I hope, grow. The Traditions tell us to serve—not govern; to attract—not promote; to carry the message—not force it on anyone; to keep the three legacies alive: recovery, unity, and service. These are our lifelines.”
“I am trying to do what I can to love, today. Can anything else be more important?” From Spiritual Awakenings
“The foundation stone of freedom from fear is that of faith: a faith that, despite all worldly appearances to the contrary, causes me to believe that I live in a universe that makes sense.”
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