amy55

"Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying" ---------Stephen King

TTBABP

This is such a GREAT thread and it has come just as I am off on a challenging few days. Thank you ReggieWayne and all for sharing these great tidbits.

Threshold

"we become less fearful of "what if", and more comfortable with "what is".

Scolova

I hear\read great quotes all the time... This one is credited to Lily Tomlin;

"Forgiveness Means Giving Up All Hope for a Better Past."

anotherquitter

An old timer at a meeting said:

"It's easy, just don't drink and keep comming to meetings."

and this is one of my favorite reminders:

"Just because the monkey is off your back doesn't mean the circus has left town."

Zencat

There may be a thousand little choices in a day. All of them count. * You may think that in life, a lot of things happen to you along the way. The truth is, in life, you happen to a lot of things along the way. * Choosing to live your life by your own choice is the greatest freedom you will ever have. ~Shad Helmstetter

Fallow

First things first

SoberMan2012

AA is a little puppy dog in the window. Its a spiritual front. It is looking for two types of people. Those with the balls to stay and those with the balls to ask....is this it?


Woop!

Warmly,
SM

Sophie12

If you always do what you've done, you'll always get what you got . .

Purplecatlover

Success is doing what you need to do, when you need to do it, whether you want to or not...

And my tag line below

simplyfab

Nothing changes, if nothing changes.

Purplecatlover

1. I can not make a brand new start, but I can make a brand new end.

2. Depression is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of being strong for too long.

3. If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.

4. So often we live our lives in chains without knowing we hold the key.

5. When I enjoyed it, I couldn't control it. When I controlled it, I didn't enjoy it.

6. Do or Do not, there is no try. Yoda

Some of my faves.... I love quotes.

bjhallgrav

Having a resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die.

hypochondriac

Random stuff I have heard people say on here...

'Nothing changes if nothing changes'

'You don't have to drink'

'The ISM in Alcoholism stands for Incredibly Short Memory'

'Life is 10% what happens and 90% how you respond to it'

'Humility isn't thinking less of yourself. It's thinking of yourself less'

'All expectations are seeds for resentment'

'There's a positive side to being an alcoholic...you don't have to drink anymore'

2granddaughters

If you want something you've never had... you'll have to do something you've never done.



All the best.

Bob R

regeneration

A poem... Raymond Carver the American author died of cancer. After he died this poem was found in his things. He was a recovered alcoholic and the words below make me happy, despite him dying too young.


Gravy

No other word will do. For that's what it was.Gravy.
Gravy, these past ten years.
Alive, sober, working, loving, and
being loved by a good woman. Eleven years
ago he was told he had six months to live
at the rate he was going. And he was going
nowhere but down. So he changed his ways
somehow. He quit drinking! And the rest?
After that it was all gravy, every minute
of it, up to and including when he was told about,
well, some things that were breaking down and
building up inside his head. "Don't weep for me,"
he said to his friends. "I'm a lucky man.
I've had ten years longer than I or anyone
expected. Pure Gravy. And don't forget it."

RAYMOND CARVER
(1938-1988)

reggiewayne

"For me, drinking is like having sex with a gorilla. We're not done until it says so"

CraigA

Insanity- doing the same thing over and over again- expecting different results
Tell God your plans and watch Him laugh

5 answers god gives
1. yes
2. no
3. not yet
4. I don't think so
5. yes, but you are not going to like it

SoberMan2012

Some people just want to get out of the gutter and sit on the curb.

DisplacedGRITS

When i feel tempted by the grand idea of moderation i always remember that "One drink is too many and a thousand is not enough."