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“A good adviser
will never do
all our thinking
for us.
He knows that
each final choice
must be ours.”
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As Bill Sees It p 83
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Let us review the options.
Thus begins the three C’s of decision making:
first, we must review the Choices, then we know
that at some time God will give us the Chance
lastly, we must make the Change.
Whatever you choose, don’t worry,
as long as it doesn’t kill you or put you in jail,
know that God will forgive and you may
have another chance tomorrow.
Best advice, change, today is a different day.
Recovery is making our own final choices.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“Spiritual growth through
the practice of A.A.’s
Twelve Steps, plus the aid
of a good sponsor,
can usually reveal most of
the deeper reasons for our
character defects, at least
to a degree that meets our
practical needs.”
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~ As Bill Sees It p 267
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Use the tools.
Read the literature, go to meetings, work with another alcoholic,
pray and meditate, don’t drink, don’t think and you will be amazed
at the number of light bulbs that you have in that little brain of yours.
Today, remember that recovery is a journey, not a destination.
A light bulb a day will keep the shrink away.
Recovery is to reveal the reasons for our character defects.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“In the first six months
of my own sobriety,
I worked hard with
many alcoholics.
Not a one responded.
Yet this work kept me sober.”
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~ As Bill Sees It p 275
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At first, all I could give was my body,
sitting in a chair at an A.A. meeting.
Slowly but surely, as the fog lifted and
the voice of my sponsor started to come through,
I learned the basics of the A.A. program:
don’t drink, one day at a time, go to meetings,
and talk with another alcoholic.
Recovery is giving to others so that you can keep your own.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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“I believe that when
we were active alcoholics
we drank mostly to kill pain
of one kind or another –
physical or emotional or psychic.”
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As Bill Sees It p 291
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Whatever the pain, real or imagined,
self inflicted or caused by someone else,
A. A. has many suggestions for relieving the pain,
none of which involve drinking alcohol.
Today, if you are in pain, talk to your sponsor,
talk to your spiritual adviser, take it to a meeting
and know that this too shall pass as soon as
you let go and let God.
Recovery is to learn to resolve , not dissolve, the pain.
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”
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As Bill Sees It p322
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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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“Once one is fairly sober,
and sure of this,
there seems no reason for failing
to talk about A.A. membership
in the right places.
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Word of mouth is one of our
most important communications.”
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As Bill Sees It p 120
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“Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of all of our traditions.”
However, we are responsible
and when necessary we should be the hand of A.A.
that reaches out to the still suffering alcoholic.
Today, each situation is unique, should I or should I not
speak about A.A., when in doubt,
call your sponsor.
Recovery is to share your A.A. experience in the right places.
Sobriety is a blessing from a Higher Power.
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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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