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Today I am 102 days sober after 27 years of daily drinking.
I started going to AA about 5 weeks ago. I have been to a lot of meetings at a lot of different places during the last 5 weeks.
I will admit some are better than others but I always take at least one positive and/or worthwhile thing to remember home with me that helps me stay on my path of sobriety.
Does anyone have any messages or statements you heard at AA that will help people get or stay sober?
Thanks in advance for sharing.
I started going to AA about 5 weeks ago. I have been to a lot of meetings at a lot of different places during the last 5 weeks.
I will admit some are better than others but I always take at least one positive and/or worthwhile thing to remember home with me that helps me stay on my path of sobriety.
Does anyone have any messages or statements you heard at AA that will help people get or stay sober?
Thanks in advance for sharing.
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I don't know about helping others get sober, but what I heard that helped me was hearing
going to meetings and not drinking don't treat alcoholism.
working the steps does.
plus
don't quit 5 seconds before the miracle happens.
don't drink even if your ass falls off.
help me help you help me.( that one confused me for a while)
going to meetings and not drinking don't treat alcoholism.
working the steps does.
plus
don't quit 5 seconds before the miracle happens.
don't drink even if your ass falls off.
help me help you help me.( that one confused me for a while)
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Find the people who have what you want and do what they do
Keep your side of the street clean
Don't leave before the miracle happens
If I'm not the problem there is no solution
I am so grateful
What can I do for others?
I'm not a special snowflake
There are as many types of alcoholics as there are alcoholism
Keep coming back- it works if you work it.
All of these are in my near automatic mental Rolodex at any given time!
Keep your side of the street clean
Don't leave before the miracle happens
If I'm not the problem there is no solution
I am so grateful
What can I do for others?
I'm not a special snowflake
There are as many types of alcoholics as there are alcoholism
Keep coming back- it works if you work it.
All of these are in my near automatic mental Rolodex at any given time!
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Keep it Simple
Look at where your feet are (stay in the present moment)
HOPE (Hang On, Pain Ends)
EGO (Edging God Out
FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real)
FEAR (Face Everything And Recover)
One day at a time
The elevator is broken, use the steps
Let Go and Let God
I only have control over two things: my own behavior/reactions and my own attitude/thinking
Expectations are resentments waiting to happen
The opposite of forgiveness is resentments
Alcoholism is the only disease that tells you that you don't have it
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
Look at where your feet are (stay in the present moment)
HOPE (Hang On, Pain Ends)
EGO (Edging God Out
FEAR (False Evidence Appearing Real)
FEAR (Face Everything And Recover)
One day at a time
The elevator is broken, use the steps
Let Go and Let God
I only have control over two things: my own behavior/reactions and my own attitude/thinking
Expectations are resentments waiting to happen
The opposite of forgiveness is resentments
Alcoholism is the only disease that tells you that you don't have it
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
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weeellll....statements and messages neither got nor kept me sober.
but the one that had the most impact on me (because it contradicted entirely what i had wrongly believed the AA message to be) was this:
"To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book."
message being: we can and do recover.
but the one that had the most impact on me (because it contradicted entirely what i had wrongly believed the AA message to be) was this:
"To show other alcoholics precisely how we have recovered is the main purpose of this book."
message being: we can and do recover.
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The ones that most helped me, I think, we're. ..
HALT (Hunger-Anger-Lonely-Tired ) - that really helped me remember those common triggers to avoid.
One day at a time
Keep your side of the street clean (took me a while to get that one, but when I finally did get it, boy ut saved me so much energy and pain).
Oh, and later (when I finally understood it) It Works if you work it. - I spent 6 months sitting in meetings waiting for recovery to happen, then finally, one day I actually HEARD 'How it works' when it was read out, and realised that I needed to get off my butt and work the program of recovery if I wanted recovery. That moment was scary, but also kind of empowering. I've never liked responsibility, especially responsibility for myself, but suddenly I felt some real hope that things might just change for me, on the inside.
HALT (Hunger-Anger-Lonely-Tired ) - that really helped me remember those common triggers to avoid.
One day at a time
Keep your side of the street clean (took me a while to get that one, but when I finally did get it, boy ut saved me so much energy and pain).
Oh, and later (when I finally understood it) It Works if you work it. - I spent 6 months sitting in meetings waiting for recovery to happen, then finally, one day I actually HEARD 'How it works' when it was read out, and realised that I needed to get off my butt and work the program of recovery if I wanted recovery. That moment was scary, but also kind of empowering. I've never liked responsibility, especially responsibility for myself, but suddenly I felt some real hope that things might just change for me, on the inside.
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I used to carry a notebook and write down the really good ones 
The words that people say can really help, especially the funny quips. In the long term though what helped was getting some recovery myself. Now I come up with all the witty one liners that other people write down
* ps Clearly, that was a joke. I'm an ass, but not that much of an ass
P
The words that people say can really help, especially the funny quips. In the long term though what helped was getting some recovery myself. Now I come up with all the witty one liners that other people write down
* ps Clearly, that was a joke. I'm an ass, but not that much of an ass
P
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Originally Posted by paulokes 
I used to carry a notebook and write down the really good ones
The words that people say can really help, especially the funny quips. In the long term though what helped was getting some recovery myself. Now I come up with all the witty one liners that other people write down
* ps Clearly, that was a joke. I'm an ass, but not that much of an ass
P
The words that people say can really help, especially the funny quips. In the long term though what helped was getting some recovery myself. Now I come up with all the witty one liners that other people write down
* ps Clearly, that was a joke. I'm an ass, but not that much of an ass
P
My boyfriend and I also share a Bible reading plan app, and I get the daily Richard Rohr meditation emails. There are frequently phrases, snippets and such that we note and share.
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It isn't a saying or anything...but the thing that always helps me is to remember is the last time I was on a mission to drink myself into a state of no return. I remember waking up. The disorientation...the confusion. I didn't focus on anything. Just stared mostly. Scared me. When I think I may want to imbibe this is where I will go. So far...Nothing has come up to make me want to drink again. I was close to being over the edge when I decided enough was enough. Still way early in the game...I come here every day to read and post. Almost camped here! 
Lots of good people coming together for a new life.
Lots of good people coming together for a new life.
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