August 12
AA ‘Big Book’ – Quote
His alcoholic problem was so complex, and his depression so great, that we felt his only hope would be through what we then called ‘moral psychology,’ and we doubted if even that would have any effect.
However, he did become ‘sold’ on the ideas contained in this book. He has not had a drink for a great many years. I see him now and then and he is as fine a specimen of manhood as one could wish to meet. – Pgs. xxxi-xxxii – 4th. Edition – The Doctor’s Opinion
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Hour To Hour – Book – Quote
Just for Today. Day by Day. 24-hour program. Don’t use today, forget about yesterday and tomorrow. Only 24 hours at a time. One day at a time. Take a daily inventory. All of these sayings are trying to enforce the idea that our program is a NOW program. The sooner you live in the now, the sooner you will find freedom.
Grant me the patience to live in this hour by the principles that are growing in my heart.
I Will Live in My Body as Well as My Head
I cannot hold onto life any more than I can hold onto a rain storm, a cloud or a sun set. I will not know how to be, what to do or how to act if I am ever living in my head. I have to live in my body, too, in the present, spontaneously part of the moment with head and heart in balance so I can sense where I am and where the current of life is taking me. So that we can be free of what is in the way of manifesting our own good. So that we can live in the present unencumbered with unresolved pain from the past. So that we can stop repeating the same old dysfunctional patterns from our past in our relationships in the present.
Emotional balance allows us to live in this alive and ever changing present so that we can respond spontaneously to any given moment or any given situation. So that we have the inner balance to be responsive, flexible and alive. So that we can live in the present.
Living in my head limits my spontanaeity.
– Tian Dayton PhD
Pocket Sponsor – Book – Quote
People in our society stress that we ought to be happy. If you’re not happy something is wrong, we are lead to believe. Yet, unhappiness is not a symptom of sickness, it is an expression of life, a natural reaction to situations we don’t like. When **** happens, you don’t have to like it.
I will not be unhappy about being unhappy.
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“Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book” – Book
If you live on the edge of the program, you might fall off.
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Time for Joy – Book – Quote
Today is a day of opportunities.
I am open and ready to find them all, knowing that I am receiving all the guidance I need to be forward and be happy.
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Alkiespeak – Book – Quote
Seven days without a meeting makes one weak. – Anon.
