Recovery quotes that have kept me going ...

[lostbutterfly]

Sometimes I find random things in literature or on the internet (usually when I should be working!) which help me get through the day, and I thought I would put some down here, partly for me to refer back to (I can never find them again!) but also, they might help someone else.

I don't have to like reality only to accept it for what it is. Just for today, I will love myself enough to give up a struggle over something that is out of my hands. ( Laurie ) 7/25/00

[lostbutterfly]

Recovery is like riding a unicycle, there's not much coasting! ( Eric ) 3/29/00

My life is none of my business. I just suit up and show up and do what is in front of me to do and let God take care of the results.

I'm not much, but I'm all I think about.

If my brain didn't need me for transportation, it would have killed me a long time ago!

[MycoolFitz]

Thanks for sharing. Here's something I like in return.

"No matter how far out on the sea of suffering we've sailed,
all that is required is to turn toward awakening.
It's never too late, but it takes that turning, and no one can do that for us."-- Bonnie Myotai Treace

[lostbutterfly]

I will value my home today. I will take time for those I love. I know that my time is the most valuable thing I have to give. Our world runs at a fast pace, we are all on a track to get somewhere but, at the end of the day, where are we all going in such a rush? What am I looking for so hard in the future that makes it worth running right by my present?
- Tian Dayton PhD

Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. (Thomas Szasz)

[lostbutterfly]

The Experience of Pleasure

I will build my capacity for experiencing joy and serenity. What good is earning a living if I don't enjoy my life, what good is recovery if I don�t become grateful for the life I am saving, namely mine. Today I recognize that it is the simple pleasures that bring me the greatest joy. Waking up and feeling good. Enjoying the weather, a friend, a cup of tea. When I allow myself to live my life rather than chase after what I think my life should be or reject the good that is around me a mysterious thing happens. Life is enough. The space around me just sort of fills up with something, an energy, a sensation of being alive, a presence that fills in what previously felt empty. I look around and know it is enough.
- Tian Dayton PhD

[lostbutterfly]

I've definitely got the 'ism' in alcoholism... that's Incredibly Short Memory.

[Firehazard]

ism---I SELF ME

[lostbutterfly]

Turn my stumbling blocks to stepping stones. - Jerry Jeff Walker - 'Getting By'

From "Walk Softly and Carry a Big Book" - Book
If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.


Misc. AA Literature - Quote
It is being constantly revealed, as mankind studies the material world, that its outward appearance is not inward reality at all. The prosaic steel girder is a mass of electrons whirling around each other at incredible speed, and these tiny bodies are governed by precise laws. Science tells us so. We have no reason to doubt it.
When, however, the perfectly logical assumption is suggested that, infinitely beyond the material world as we see it, there is an all powerful, guiding, creative Intelligence, our perverse streak comes to the surface and we set out to convince ourselves that this isn't so. Were our contention true, it would follow that life originated out of nothing, means nothing, and proceeds nowhere

Today I will embrace the experience of joy. The real purpose of life isn't to grab and get, to preen and try to out do the next guy. The real purpose of life is to deepen my ability to experience joy. Joy is the gift. Joy is the accomplishment. Joy is what fills me up. When I am able to feel joy, I don't need to chase around trying to get the world to admire and envy me on the outside because I feel empty on the inside. When I feel joy, I am happy in my own life because I understand that it is the only one that is actually mine to live, the only one through which I can connect with spirit.
- Tian Dayton PhD

[lostbutterfly]

Every time I drank over my problems, I'd come to and my problems had had puppies. ( Joanna W. )

Kids need love the most when they're acting most unlovable.

If God takes us to it, he will take us through it.

The task in front of you is never greater than the power behind you. No human power could have relieved our alcoholism. Remember, nothing is going to happen to you today that you and God cannot handle together. ODAAT

Without Him, I can't.... without me, He won't

The first thing you put in front of your sobriety is the second thing you'll lose.

God answers our prayers in four ways: 1. No 2. Yes 3. Wait 4. I have a better idea in mind (Bob)

Stay out of your head , there's no adult supervision up there. (Eric H.)

[ChillyBones]

Obsession is the word the lazy use to describe the dedicated

My one

CB