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“Once an alcoholic
fully realizes that he
cannot get well alone,
he will somehow find
a way to get well
and stay well in
the company of others.”
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~ As Bill Sees It p 312
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The older I become,
the more I realize how little I know.
To learn more, I have discovered that
hanging out with a whole bunch of drunks
who have been there and done that
is the easy way to keeping my sobriety.
Recovery is being in the company of other alcoholics.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
.
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“Honesty
with ourselves
and others
gets us sober,
but it is tolerance
that keeps us that way.”
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As Bill Sees It p 312
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Following the suggestion, we take
an honest moral inventory of ourselves
and we find that we were not nice people.
Be tolerant, do not beat yourself up,
know that recovery is all about change
and once we have cleared the wreckage of the past
we can move on to living a life that is
happy, joyous and free.
Recovery is to be tolerant of ourselves.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“My observation is
that some people
can get by with a
certain amount of
postponement,
but few can live
with outright rebellion”
.
As Bill Sees It p322
.
Eventually, gravity and the guilty conscious will win.
Guilt, shame, and resentments are the slippery slope
that will take the alcoholic back to the bottle.
No, this I will never do, are words that do not appear
in any program of recovery.
Today, be willing, but more importantly,
take action,
take the first step towards a life that is happy, joyous and free
by doing the next right thing.
Recovery is to stop fighting.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“We have succeeded
in confronting many
a problem drinker
with that awful
alternative.
‘This we A.A.’s do,
or we die.'”
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As Bill Sees It p 322
.
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For some, a shocking message
may be what was required to bring them
to the realization that drinking poison
was surely going to kill them, eventually,
if not sooner.
As the A. A. message is given in more detail
a better understanding of the disease and its
consequences has proved to the alcoholic that
to drink is to die.
Recovery is to work a program or die.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“As many an
alcoholic has said,
‘I came to the place
where it was either
into A.A. or out
the window.
So here I am.”
.
As Bill Sees It p 322
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Thanks to A. A, I have a choice.
With the strength and courage
provided me by my Higher Power and the fellowship
I have learned to choose not to drink alcohol,
one day at a time.
Today I go to meetings to find out
what happens to those who stop going to meetings,
those who choose to go out the window.
Recovery is to get into your program
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“My observation is that
some people can get by
with a certain amount
of postponement,
but few can live with
outright rebellion.”
.
As Bill Sees It p 322
.
“No never” is a guarantee for failure.
HOW it works, Honesty, Open mindedness and Willingness,
and the most important of these is
that you must be willing to change
if one ever expects to recover from
the fatal clutches of alcoholism.
Today, be honest, be open minded
and above all be willing
to change for the better.
Recovery is to avoid outright rebellion.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“Thanks much for your
letter of criticism.
I’m certain that had it
not been for its strong
critics A.A. would have
made much slower
progress.”
.
As Bill Sees It p 326
.
Just as Bill and A.A. used criticism to grow,
so should the alcoholic who wants be sober.
Do not fear personal criticism.
God is pointing out to you,
through the voice of that person
who has been there and done that,
that the noted character defect in you
might require some alterations.
Recovery is to use personal criticism to grow.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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