If you could only tell a newcomer one thing?
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What a great thread. This highlights the pivotal point of the drunk who has hit rock bottom and needs to believe in that thing that will get them to try. Whether AA/ADVRT/Smart/SR, or the poor SOB at the bar crying..what's that one thing any random person could say?
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Originally Posted by Maples 
"One day at a time."
That one really hit home for me. Keep the focus short, on the now, on the reachable goals. Don't make a mountain that is the future. Celebrate small victories. I was able to infer all of these things from that one simple statement and realize the value of it.
That one really hit home for me. Keep the focus short, on the now, on the reachable goals. Don't make a mountain that is the future. Celebrate small victories. I was able to infer all of these things from that one simple statement and realize the value of it.
Serenity Prayer
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. Living ONE DAY AT A TIME; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it. Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life, and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
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. Living ONE DAY AT A TIME; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardship as the pathway to peace. Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it. Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life, and supremely happy with Him forever in the next.
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