Here's one way to look at it. . . .
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Here's one way to look at it. . . .
A dear friend in recovery sent this to me today. . . . enjoy!
>
>Directions to AA: Just go straight to hell and make a u-turn.
>
>AA: Being a part of something is more important that being the center
>of attention.
>
>AA is the only place where you can walk into a room full of strangers
>and reminisce.
>
>AA romance.... the odds are good... but the goods are odd.
>
>AA: Look for a way in; not for a way out.
>
>AA: We are not reformed drunks, but informed alcoholics
>
>AA has no fixed address -- you can take it with you.
>
>AA: We are here for a reason, not for the season
>
>AA Groups: An AA group will be judged by the worst behavior of its
>members
>
>Before I came to AA I was dead, but did not know enough to lie down.
>
>In AA there are no losers -- just slow winners
>
>Alcoholic (as defined by self): A piece of crap that the universe
>revolves around.
>
>Alcoholic: Someone who refuses to give up a life of failure without a
>fight.
>
>Alcoholic: A person who when s/he goes to a wedding, wants to be the
>bride and when s/he goes to a funeral, wants to be the corpse.
>
>An alcoholic is someone who wants to be held while isolating.
>
>Alcoholic: "I may not be much, but I'm all I think about."
>
>Alcoholic: "If I could drink like a normal drinker, I'd drink all the
>time!"
>
>Alcoholics burn their bridges in front of them.
>
>An alcoholic is someone who finds something that works and then stops
>doing it.
>
>If you think that you are an alcoholic, chances are you are.
>
>An alcoholic is a man with two feet planted firmly in mid-air.
>
>Non-alcoholics change their behavior to meet their goals; alcoholics
>change their goals to meet their behavior.
>
>An alcoholic can be in the gutter and still look down on people.
>
>High bottoms have trap doors
>
>If the cure works, chances are you have the disease.
>
>Three most dangerous words for an alcoholic:....."I've been thinking"
>
>Directions to AA: Just go straight to hell and make a u-turn.
>
>AA: Being a part of something is more important that being the center
>of attention.
>
>AA is the only place where you can walk into a room full of strangers
>and reminisce.
>
>AA romance.... the odds are good... but the goods are odd.
>
>AA: Look for a way in; not for a way out.
>
>AA: We are not reformed drunks, but informed alcoholics
>
>AA has no fixed address -- you can take it with you.
>
>AA: We are here for a reason, not for the season
>
>AA Groups: An AA group will be judged by the worst behavior of its
>members
>
>Before I came to AA I was dead, but did not know enough to lie down.
>
>In AA there are no losers -- just slow winners
>
>Alcoholic (as defined by self): A piece of crap that the universe
>revolves around.
>
>Alcoholic: Someone who refuses to give up a life of failure without a
>fight.
>
>Alcoholic: A person who when s/he goes to a wedding, wants to be the
>bride and when s/he goes to a funeral, wants to be the corpse.
>
>An alcoholic is someone who wants to be held while isolating.
>
>Alcoholic: "I may not be much, but I'm all I think about."
>
>Alcoholic: "If I could drink like a normal drinker, I'd drink all the
>time!"
>
>Alcoholics burn their bridges in front of them.
>
>An alcoholic is someone who finds something that works and then stops
>doing it.
>
>If you think that you are an alcoholic, chances are you are.
>
>An alcoholic is a man with two feet planted firmly in mid-air.
>
>Non-alcoholics change their behavior to meet their goals; alcoholics
>change their goals to meet their behavior.
>
>An alcoholic can be in the gutter and still look down on people.
>
>High bottoms have trap doors
>
>If the cure works, chances are you have the disease.
>
>Three most dangerous words for an alcoholic:....."I've been thinking"
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