June 24
AA ‘Big Book’ – Quote
Henry Ford once made a wise remark to the affect that experience is the thing of supreme value in life. That is true only if one is willing to turn the past to good account. We grow by our willingness to face and rectify errors and convert them into assets. The alcoholic’s past thus becomes the principle asset of the family and frequently it is almost the only one! – Pg. 124 – The Family Afterward
Hour To Hour – Book – Quote
If ‘I don’t wanna,’ ‘I don’t have time,’ and ‘Let someone else do it,’ are your major responses to people asking for help, remember this: the recovery that was there for you may not be there for others if you don’t serve. Service is one of the principles we practice.
Tonight at the meeting I will serve my group by helping to clean up.
Inner Hearing, Inner Sight
Today, I will trust my own heart. The clear message that whispers within me has more to tell me than a thousand voices. I have a guide within me who knows what is best for me. There is a part of me that sees the whole picture and knows how it all fits together. My inner voice may come in the form of a strong sense, a pull from within, a gut feeling or a quiet knowing. However my inner voice comes to me, I will learn to pay attention. In my heart I know what is going on. Though I am conditioned by the world to look constantly outside myself for meaning, today I recognize that it is deeply important for me to hear what I am saying from within.
I will trust my inner voice.
– Tian Dayton PhD
Pocket Sponsor – Book – Quote
Our program does not teach us how to handle drinking and drugging. It teaches us how to handle recovery.
Another day, another recovery!
“Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book” – Book
AA does not teach us how to handle drinking, it teaches us how to handle sobriety.
Time for Joy – Book – Quote
I love me because of all that I am, not just a part of me. I fully accept myself just as I am today and that feels so good.
Alkiespeak – Book – Quote
The first time I drank alcohol, I was about 12 years old, and it made me feel so good that the way I felt without it was never really OK again. Never really. – Bob D.