lizwig

I wanted to start a thread filled with those solid one liners/thoughts that each of you turn to for strength when you need it. The most obvious to me is "Came to believe a power greater than myself could restore me to sanity"...but there are others I turn to when I start to feel uncomfortable. I hope this will provide the newcomers with some good mantras, as well as provide the rest of us with some we may not have heard previously or that may mean something different now we are further "into" our recovery...

So...with all that said....

Talk to us!!!

Txhelp

"His recovery is none of my business."

MsPINKAcres

"If I want something different, I have to be willing to DO something different"

"I am enough"

"God, serenity, courage, wisdom, Amen"

pink hugs!

BeavsDad

"When you're at the end of your rope, let go."

Tinks65

If nothing changes ... nothing changes

spurred me to action for me

MIRecovery

Surrender does not mean to defeat. We are just joining the winning side

Lifewillgetbet

"Play the tape to the end"
Meaning: look how bad it got before you were given a chance to live the sober life.

elissa1962

Let go or be dragged...

Kindeyes

Turn fear into faith.

What other people think of me is none of my business.

To thine own self be true.

QTIP (Quit Taking It Personally)

One day at a time

God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Carlotta

FEAR: F...Everything And Run or Face Everything And Recover.

You can carry the message but you can't carry the drunk.

KE mentioned it and that one was very important for me (took me a while to understand it too then it was like holding a gem):
What other people think of me is none of my business

Vale

I will not perpetuate my own destruction.

lizwig

"Don't let someone with bad eyebrows tell you SH*T about life".

Oh sorry!!!! wrong quote....this is what I meant to say:

"Accept what is, let go of what was and have faith in what will be".

Kindeyes

Ha! Good thing my avatar doesn't show my eyebrows! lol

I do love threads like this......it helps to be reminded of all of the little tools we have at our disposal. Thanks for starting it!

gentle hugs
ke

Ann

If I can't change my circumstance then I must change my attitude.

I will not die an unlived life...(there's a whole poem that follows but I just love the concept of living well).

pravchaw

God gave us 2 ears and 1 mouth for a reason.

lizwig

Worrying is like praying for what you don't want.

I have spent WAY too much time worrying these past 5 years. And I am convinced it never improved or changed an outcome.

lonelystar

Giving up doesn't mean you are weak, sometimes it means you are strong enough to LET GO

KariSue

"I can't help how I feel right now but I can help how I think and act." author unknown

LoveMeNow

Cry know because you lost him or cry later because you still have him.

Recovery is when you change from a woman who loves someone else so much it hurts into a woman who loves herself enough to stop the pain.

Leana

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Dear God...please help me.