September 18
AA ‘Big Book’ – Quote
We were having trouble with personal relationships, we couldn’t control our emotional natures, we were a prey to misery and depression, we couldn’t make a living, we had a feeling of uselessness, we were full of fear, we were unhappy, we couldn’t seem to be of real help to other people – was not a basic solution of these bedevilments more important than whether we should see newsreels of lunar flight? Of course it was. – Pg. 52 – We Agnostics
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Hour To Hour – Book – Quote
Many times we go to meetings to listen to what happens to people who don’t go to meetings. When they ask for a topic at today’s meeting, suggest ‘What Happens to People Who Don’t go to Meetings.’
One meeting a day can not possibly take as much time as my former bars, parties, connections, and the energy I put into using and drinking. Help me see that any complaints about the ‘frequency’ is unfounded.
Love What You Have
Today I will love what I have rather than always wanting something to be different before I allow myself to be happy. There is so much in my life right now. When I sit still and allow the life I already have to surround me, there is a feeling of fullness that begins to expand inside of me. When I spend all my time chasing what I think I need in order to be happy, I am never still enough to actually experience this feeling of contentment. Contentment is available to me all the time if I am willing to slow down and allow it to come into me. My happiness has more to do with loving what I already have than regretting or chasing after what I don’t have.
– Tian Dayton PhD
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Pocket Sponsor – Book – Quote
Whether you pray, petition, plead, protest, prod, or praise your Spiritual Source, whether you sing songs of gratitude or whisper words of doubt, this is prayer.
Got prayer?
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“Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book” – Book
We take the steps, but it’s funny where the steps take us.
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Time for Joy – Book – Quote
If something isn’t working for me today, I am willing to let go of the struggle.
I trust that God has something better in store for me.
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Alkiespeak – Book – Quote
Ninety per cent of what I do on first contact with a new drunk is to spoon feed him Traditions. ‘Cos if you get a guy in your car and you’re on your way to a meeting and you say: ‘Look, you’re going to have to take a searching and fearless moral inventory.’ you’d better not hit a red light, ‘cos they’re gone. – Doug D.