November 17
AA ‘Big Book’ – Quote
The terms ‘spiritual experience’ and ‘spiritual awakening’ are used many times in this book which, upon careful reading, shows that the personality change sufficient to bring about recovery from alcoholism has manifested itself among us in many different forms. – Pg. 567 – 4th. Edition – Appendices II – Spiritual Experience
Hour To Hour – Book – Quote
Are we remembering the so-called ‘good times’ right now? How nice a ‘high’ would be? We use this hour to REALLY think about what got us to this fight for sobriety. It wasn’t because we were having a lot of fun!
Help me to think a drink and drug all the way through, not just the high but the hell it leads to.
A Return to Living
Today, I keep my house clean and let go of the rest – some of the ways that I wish to live as a recovered person will not be readily understood by others. I will keep my own scorecard clean and not worry about the results. I will act in a way that makes it easier for me to live with myself – that keeps my own conscience clear. Other people’s negative projections of me no longer run me. I am the one who makes the decisions about who I want to be. I need not defend and explain myself again and again. I need not ask permission to be who I am. I allow myself to be happy in my own skin today. I think well of myself, no matter what others think of me.
I create my own self.
– Tian Dayton PhD
Pocket Sponsor – Book – Quote
The people you most need to give love to will seem like the ones who deserve it the least.
It begins with me.
“Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book” – Book
Going to any lengths are our strengths.
Time for Joy – Book – Quote
Today I am doing the best that I can with the guidance that I get. I leave the results to my Higher Power and trust that they are for the greatest good.
Alkiespeak – Book – Quote
It’s not just the ‘yets’ I worry about if I pick up a drink – it’s also the ‘agains’. – Anon.