If nothing changes. Nothing changes.
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When the pain of change becomes less than the pain of staying the same, then we will begin to embrace sobriety if we have the capacity to be honest.
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Today’s favorite quotes via Bob D’s and his talk about resentments:
~Untreated alcoholism, especially sober, is a lonely business
~A business that doesn’t take inventory regularly goes broke (basically saying this is why we need to take personal inventory & do it regularly)
~We are never the well but sometimes we get to be the pipe and help others
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I couldn’t stop drinkin’ unless I stopped drinking.
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Drinking was fun until it wasn’t
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I like the second one.
Another good one is
-If you fail to plan then you plan to fail
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Off the cuff saying in AA I’ve enjoyed
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I didn’t just have a drinking problem, I had a thinking problem.
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Was it the alcohol that’s to blame for all my issues? What part did I have to play in it?
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Official AA sayings:
“Progress not perfection”
“This too shall pass”
“God(dess), grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference”
Unofficial sayings I heard in AA halls:
“The bottom is when you stop digging”
*Every bottom has a basement"
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I love that.
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sit down
shut your mouth
and open you ears
i also like
move your feet
lose your seat
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AA works better if you don’t drink. I used to hear that more often than I do lately.
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I definitely imagine not drinking makes AA work better.
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No such thing as being brutally honest. You’re either brutal or you’re honest.
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There is nothing that a drink won’t make worse.
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More will be revealed.
Day one or one day, it’s your choice.
Or
Your future needs you, your past doesn’t.
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And old timer told me “you better take care of this before it takes care of you” that stuck with me.
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Stop counting the days and start making them count.
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I’ve never been to a meeting because my town is small and I’m afraid to go in case I see someone I know so thank you too everyone that has posted. All of this is good to read for me. I’m almost wondering if trying to find something online I can attend might help me. The support I’ve seen here has helped a lot but more in other ways wouldn’t hurt either. I’m at 32 days but I still struggle every day.
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Maybe I should take my own advice from another thread and use that feeling as positive as well. For some reason it seems harder to use the open stuff- public I guess- instead of the private feelings and situations- for good and positivity. I think I’ll do some research…
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