I came across this recently.. thought it could help some people.
1. Stay away from that first drink/drug
2. Attend AA/NA regularly
3. Use the 24-hour plan
4. Remember that your illness is incurable,progressive, and fatal
5. Do first things first
6. Don't become too tired
7. Eat a balanced diet at regular hours
8. Find a sponsor
9. Use the telephone
10. Be active- don't sit around
11. Use the serenity prayer
12. Change old routines and patterns
13. Don't become too hungry
14. Practice control of your anger
15. Avoid loneliness
16. Air your resentments
17. Be willing to help wherever needed
18. Be good to yourself. You deserve it.
19. Easy does it
20. Get out of the "if only" trap
21. Remember how it was,
how it really was
22. Beware of emotional extremes(positive or negative emotions)
23. Help another in recovery
24. Try to turn your will over to your higher power
25. Avoid
all mood changing drugs
26. Turn loose of old ideas
27. Avoid drinking/using occasions
28. Replace old drinking/using "buddies" with new AA/NA buddie
29. Read the Big Book/Blue Book
30. Try not to be dependent
31. Be graceful
32. Get off the "pity pot"
33. Seek knowledgeable help
34. Face that you are powerless over alcohol/drugs
35. Try the twelve steps of recovery
36. Let Go and Let God
37. Keep an open mind
38. Find the courage to change through the example of others who have done so
39. Don't try to test your will power
40. Try honesty
41. Live today, not yesterday, not tomorrow
42. Remember: alcohol/drugs are cunning,baffling, and powerful
43. Be humble
44. Rejoice in the manageability of your life
45. Share your experience, strength, and hope
46.
Cherish your recovery
47. Dump your garbage regularly
48. Get plenty of restful sleep
49. Stay sober for yourself, not anybody else
50. Progress is made one day at a time
51. Develop an attitude of gratitude
52. Accept the fact that you don't take that first drink
53. Think about those you have harmed
54. Make amends where possible
55. Take a daily inventory of yourself
56. Avoid self-righteousness
57. Put aside jealousy
58. Meditate
59. Share your happiness
60. Respect other's anonymity
61. Be responsible
62. Do not judge: yourself or others
63. Avoid nostalgic sadness
64. Don't place conditions on your recovery
65. Don't dwell on the "Good ol' times", they weren't that good
66. Seek God's will for you
67. Listen
68. Keep It Simple.
69. Admit when you are wrong
70. Beware of complacency
71. Have faith
72. Avoid gossip
73. Laugh
74. When you feel shaky, call another person in recovery
75. Replace guilt and remorse with forgiveness
76. Share your pain, don't keep it in
77. Recognize and correct your shortcomings
78. Carry the message of AA/NA
79. Use your sponsor
80. Practice "I am responsible for my recovery"
81. Take suggestions
82. Beware of phoniness in yourself
83. Think positive
84. Put your own welfare first
85. Believe in a power greater than yourself
86. Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of yourself
87. Share your inventory with someone you trust
88. Seek peace of mind- chaos is dangerous
89. Don't "put down" anyone, including yourself
90. Accept life as it comes
91. Don't take another person's inventory
92. Develop self-restraint
93. Don't fear change, embrace it
94. Remember your last drug/drunk
95. Think the drink through, play the tape through
96. Beware of self-deception
97. Look upon problems as challenges, lessons, and gifts
98. Take life a day, an hour, even a minute at a time
99. Beware of lying
100. Do the right thing, even when nobody's looking
101. Remember that your worst day sober is always better than your best day drinking/using.
This may not be helpful to everyone. You may not take to the text related to God/Higher Powers, but take from this what you will.. Remember some of these may help you in the long run. Even if this helps one person out there in recovery or considering recovery, it was worth the time I took to type it
