Getting drunk is an individual exercise, staying sober is a group activity....
Mickey Peden
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Jun 9, 2003 1:24 pm
Nothing we do for God is ever wasted. People who pray for miracles usually don't get miracles; people who pray for courage, strength to bear the unbearable,...
Experience has taught us that simplicity is basic in preservation of our personal sobriety and helping those in need. A drunk was driving down the street. He...
Alcoholism is not in itself a question of morals or manners (though it certainly affects both); alcoholism is a health problem, it is an illness. STEPS 3 AND 7...
Alcoholism is the only disease that kills people who don't even have it. STEP 13 There was also Florence R., whose story appeared in the first edition of the...
Alcoholism is the only disease that tells us we all right. STEP 11 SOUGHT THROUGH PRAYER AND MEDITATION TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS CONTACT WITH GOD AS WE...
Although we are not responsible for our disease, we are responsible for our recovery. STEP 11 SOUGHT THROUGH PRAYER AND MEDITATION TO IMPROVE OUR CONSCIOUS...
Alcoholism kills people. GROWTH STEPS Congratulations! You are now ready to rocket into a fourth dimension of existence of which we have not ever dreamed. By...
Alcoholism, not leadership authority, is the enforcer of A.A.'s principles. A VOICE I found myself in a bottomless pit, of sorrow and woe and despair. When a...
Alcoholism produces more misery than it relives, causes more accidents than it prevents, costs more money and breaks more hearts and minds than any other one...
Alcoholism seeks precedence over our relationship with God. STEPS FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN ALL MEANT TO BE DONE ON THE SAME DAY Step 5: Admitted to God, to...
Amends are best made to our loved ones by restoring the love, confidence and respect they once had for us by the action of right living today. A DRUNK FELL IN...
An A.A. meeting is not a dumping ground for negative feelings and personal issues; let's use sponsors. HOW TO START DRINKING AGAIN Start doubting you ability...
All A.A.'s don't all have unhappy childhoods, just long ones. STEPS SIX AND SEVEN In Steps Six and Seven we first become ready to have these defects removed,...
All alcoholics have a definite need for a good self-appraisal. MY GARDEN I've been able to relate my recovery to a garden of beautiful flowers. Someone had...
All important decisions within our Fellowship should be reached by discussion, vote, and whenever possible, by substantial unanimity. THE TWELVE STEPS AND THE...
All of A.A.'s 12 Steps ask us to go contrary to our natural desires, they all deflate our egos. STEP PRAYERS Power, greater than myself, as I understand You, I...
All of A.A.'s suggestions are free, the ones we don't take are the ones we wind up paying for. STEP PRAYERS "I earnestly advise every alcoholic to read this...
An alcoholic alone can be in dangerous company. STEP NINE MADE DIRECT AMENDS TO SUCH PEOPLE WHEREVER POSSIBLE, EXCEPT WHEN TO DO WOULD INJURE THEM OR OTHERS. ...
An alcoholic has no control over his drinking. OUR PRIMARY PURPOSE, LET'S NOT FORGET IT ARE WE FORGETTING WHY WE'RE HERE I had an experience this week which I...
An alcoholic is in no greater peril than when he takes sobriety for granted. JUST FOR TODAY Just for today I will try to live through the day only, not...
An alcoholic made a lead at a group one night, not his own, and everybody came up to him and saying, I'm Joe, I'm Pete, then one of the guys said, "Safe...
An alcoholic made a lead at a group one night, not his own, and everybody came up to him and saying, I'm Joe, I'm Pete, then one of the guys said, "Safe...
An alcoholic returns to alcoholism because he did nothing or not enough to prevent a return, he didn't thoroughly follow our path. DEALING WITH ANGER USING THE...
An alcoholic said at a meeting, "I knew I'd had a spiritual awakening when I realized I was sober and happy at the same time." DEALING WITH CHRONIC MEETING...
An alcoholic who dies sober does not die, his message carries on, alcoholics who die drunk also carry a message; alcoholism is deadly. I CAN'T BE AN ALCOHOLIC ...
An alcoholic who repeatedly gets drunk does not mean a lack of desire to stop drinking, sincerity of desire cannot be judged by amount of success. IS A.A. FOR...
An excuse for not doing the Steps, never go anyplace where you have not been before. THE GROUP CONSCIENCE: BEDROCK OF UNITY What is a group conscience? Why is...
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