Tim
02-06-2005, 05:01 PM
"After you know it all, it's what you learn that counts"
Liquid Equations:
Discomfort + Drink = No Discomfort
Fear + Drink = Bravery
Repression + Drink = Openness
Pain + Drink = Self-Obliteration
"Alcohol makes everything better until it makes everything worse"
"Thinking highly of oneself and thinking lowly of oneself have one thing in common: 'I' is at the center"
"How to explain the disease concept of alcoholism to someone who has a hard time wrapping his mind around it: 'Trying to control drinking is like trying to control diarrhea' "
Recovery: "You alone must do it, but you cannot do it alone"
Pain in recovery : "It's either the pain of healing or the pain of fresh wounds"
"An alcoholic is someone who seeks a physical solution to a spiritual problem"
"If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane"
"All recovery is a process of being delivered from the clutches of control"
"We have 'defects of character,' but we are not 'defective characters' "
"Repentance is not the recognition that I am bad, but that I am not God"
"Being sober doesn't keep me sober"
"Emotional stamina is a gift of sobriety. It is the willingness to stay in uncomfortable situations and see them through"
"Steps 4 through 10 taught me two things: (1) I didn't have to let fear rule my behavior (2) It's all right to take action even if it turns out to be a mistake"
Recovery: "I just keep beginning again all over again every morning"
"AA is a program of attraction, not osmosis"
Liquid Equations:
Discomfort + Drink = No Discomfort
Fear + Drink = Bravery
Repression + Drink = Openness
Pain + Drink = Self-Obliteration
"Alcohol makes everything better until it makes everything worse"
"Thinking highly of oneself and thinking lowly of oneself have one thing in common: 'I' is at the center"
"How to explain the disease concept of alcoholism to someone who has a hard time wrapping his mind around it: 'Trying to control drinking is like trying to control diarrhea' "
Recovery: "You alone must do it, but you cannot do it alone"
Pain in recovery : "It's either the pain of healing or the pain of fresh wounds"
"An alcoholic is someone who seeks a physical solution to a spiritual problem"
"If everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane"
"All recovery is a process of being delivered from the clutches of control"
"We have 'defects of character,' but we are not 'defective characters' "
"Repentance is not the recognition that I am bad, but that I am not God"
"Being sober doesn't keep me sober"
"Emotional stamina is a gift of sobriety. It is the willingness to stay in uncomfortable situations and see them through"
"Steps 4 through 10 taught me two things: (1) I didn't have to let fear rule my behavior (2) It's all right to take action even if it turns out to be a mistake"
Recovery: "I just keep beginning again all over again every morning"
"AA is a program of attraction, not osmosis"