We Become Lost

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“If we cannot or will not

achieve sobriety,

then we become lost,

right in the here and now.

We are of no value to anyone,

including ourselves,

until we find salvation

from alcohol.”

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As Bill Sees It p 81

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“First Things First”, love the slogans,

they help keep it simple.

The first thing we place before our sobriety

is the first thing that we will lose.

Today, keep it simple,

don’t drink, don’t think, go to a meeting

and remember to pick up that first drink is to be doomed

to a life of jails, institutions or death.

Recovery is finding salvation from alcohol.

Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.

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Don’t Be Disturbed

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“I can see why

you are disturbed

to hear some A.A.

speakers say,

‘A.A. is a

selfish program.'”

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As Bill Sees It p 81

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Selfish is not a nice word, however,

an A.A. member who cannot selfishly

provide for and protect his own sobriety

has nothing to share with anyone else.

“First Things First” means that the first thing

that we place before our sobriety will be the first thing

that we will lose should we pick up that first drink.,

Recovery is putting your own sobriety first.

Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.

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The Sole Purpose . . . Of The Group

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“
The A.A. group, as such, cannot

take on all the personal problems

of it members . . . This is why

sobriety – freedom from alcohol –

through the teachings and

practice of A. A.’s Twelve Steps,

is the sole purpose of the group.”

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As Bill Sees IT p 79

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A, A, is ” not” an employment agency, a bank, a landlord,

a marriage counselor or any other social service.

The primary purpose of A.A is that the members will help

each other find recovery and give the member a new way of life

where they can learn to resolve their own problems,

usually best done with the aid of a Higher Power.

Recovery is to help the group maintain its primary purpose.

Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power

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ME and the Boss

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Live

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“Usually,

we do not avoid

a place where

there is drinking –

if we have a

legitimate reason

for being there.”

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As Bill Sees It p 77

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Just because you stopped drinking alcohol

does not mean that you must stop living.

Make friends, go dancing with the wife,

attend the functions, just be prepared to

do what you must to avoid any temptation

or mistake that may lead to taking that first drink.

Many a good AA meeting has topics concerning

how to enjoy life without jeopardizing your sobriety.

Today, don’t drink. don’t think

and go to a good meeting.

Recovery is to go on living a better life.

Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power

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ME and the Boss

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Change For The Better

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“Change is the

characteristic

of all growth.

From drinking

to sobriety, . . .

— all this and

infinitely more

represent change for the better.”

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As Bill Sees It p 76

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For starters, not drinking may be change enough.

People, places and things will be the next challenge.

Just keep going to those meetings, not drinking,

following a few suggestions and eventually

you will see the changes you have made in the

way friends and family interact with you.

Accept the better.

Recovery is changing for the better.

Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power

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Easy To Believe

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“For myself,

of late years,

I am finding

it much easier

to believe that

God made man,

than that man made God.”

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As Bill Sees It p 73

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There is a God today, and it is not either

you or me.

Fortunately, for  the recovering alcoholic,

all have been given the chance to be right

concerning the “God Thing.”

Whatever keeps you sober, just keep coming back,

because sharing your experience, strength and hope

may be what I need to help me stay sober today.

Recovery is easy to believe.

Sobriety is a blessing from our Higher Power.

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No Debate

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“Fortunately,

A.A. is constructed

so that we need not

debate the existence

of God, but for best

results, most of us

must depend upon a Higher Power.”

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As Bill Sees It    p  73

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Change, what used to be the good old bar room

debate, God or no God, now becomes, for the

recovering alcoholics, a decision to accept or

not accept a Power greater than himself.

However, The Big Book does suggest that

relying on a Higher Power, not will power,

is the easier and softer way to achieving and maintaining

a happy, joyous and free recovery.

Recovery is not having to debate the existence of God.

Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power

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ME and the Boss

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