October 3
AA ‘Big Book’ – Quote
If we have been thorough about our personal inventory, we have written down a lot. We have listed and analyzed our resentments. We have begun to comprehend their futility and their fatality. We have commenced to see their terrible destructiveness. We have begun to learn tolerance, patience and good will toward all men, even our enemies, for we look on them as sick people. We have listed the people we have hurt by our conduct, and are willing to straighten out the past if we can. – Pg. 70 – How It Works
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Hour To Hour – Book – Quote
Service to another addict/alcoholic or to our group can help calm us when the jitters get rough. Think of one other fellow recoverer who also seemed jittery at the last meeting or maybe didn’t show up. You can get in touch with them today and ask if you can help.
God, as I understand You, give me the right words to comfort or to encourage a fellow recoverer.
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Detaching With Love
I need to detach with love from those I care about who are still mired in this disease. When I detach with resentment, it is not detachment, it keeps me preoccupied and connected. When I amputate it is not detachment, I get phantom limb, I still hurt and am haunted by something missing. When I detach by ignoring, shoving or running, it is simply the other side of enmeshment and eventually I get hooked in again. Today I will detach with love. I am grateful to have found recovery. I will allow others the dignity of their own path. If I teach, it will be by example.
– Tian Dayton PhD
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Pocket Sponsor – Book – Quote
Stop looking for the differences. People who matter, don’t mind; people who mind, don’t matter.
No matter my age, race, religion or chemical, I am more alike my fellow addicts than different.
“Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book” – Book
A signpost, like a peer, only warns you about the road ahead. But a map, like a sponsor can show you how to get where you want to go.
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Time for Joy – Book – Quote
Today I can wait until all negative and hostile feelings lose their power over me before I say or do anything.
I can take the time to breathe in peace and love, no matter what is going on in my life.
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Alkiespeak – Book – Quote
I don’t wish to become a member of any club which will have me as a member. – Groucho Marx.