Tuffgirl

"As we think, so we are"

That one hangs on my fridge at eye level.

HeyImme

"No" is an answer all by itself.

outonalimb

The word "No" is a complete sentence.

outonalimb

ha ha...heyImme...
pinch, poke, you owe me a coke!

HeyImme

Too funny

LifeRecovery

Expectations are predetermined resentments

Cyranoak

1. Don't should on yourself, don't should on others, and don't let others should on you.
2. One true love is a myth.
3. You didn't cause it, you can't cure it, and you can't control it-- but you can contribute to it.
4. Take what you want and leave the rest.
5. Mind your own business.
6. Ex means ex. Stop engaging and move on.
7. It is impossible to keep an alcoholic from drinking. It simply can't be done.
8. When people pleasers stop people pleasing, people are not pleased.

I'll stop there. I could go all day.

Cyranoak

P.s. I heard most of these in meetings or here on SR. Only a couple are mine.

MayaandMe

Love this! Thanks for the thread!!

MsPINKAcres

"just because someone says it ~ doesn't make it true"

"hurting people hurt people"

"alcoholics drink, that's what they do - they do not drink at you or because of you"

(used these to learn about NOT being a victim and not taking the disease of alcoholism/addiction personal - it's not about me!)

Jazzman

Let he who be free of kettle cast the first black pot.

GettingBy

Treat people as you wish to be treated! If you want compassion and respect.... Hand it out yourself first!!

Scared, confused and spinning? Feel like you have to do something? Do nothing instead, everything else will just be reactions.

m1k3

Progress not perfection.

One breath at a time.

Take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth.

Ponder

This one isn't from Al-Anon per say, but it's one I try to follow.

"Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity." Mark Twain

sojourner

Waiting is the hardest work of hope.


Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

LaTeeDa

They're not doing it TO YOU, they're just doing it.

L

BobbyJ

I have wrote alot of my own and really not suitable to post
They contain alot of words with the letter "F"

lillamy

It's funny how some of these sayings change character for me over the years. The first time I heard "What other people think of you is really none of your business" I laughed so hard and thought, "how true that is, really" on a "wow I've never thought of it that way" level.

Now, it just makes perfect sense to me. A lot of these sayings have become... really bloody obvious truths. And some still make my brain start sputtering and thinking again. Like this one:

Love that.

Ponder

There is one on here I saw a few times about "being in love with potential and not reality" or something like that.. can't remember how it goes now. Anyone know that one?

barb dwyer

The only thing we have to change is everything.

Pelican

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change (people, places, things)
Courage to change the things I can (me, myself and I)
And Wisdom to know the difference.