Category: Recovery
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AA Thoughts
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 an reminisce.AA romance… the odds are good… but the goods are odd.AA: Look for a…
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Experience
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stay there, lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again… but also, she will never sit down on a…
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A simple approach to the 12 Steps
Step 1: There’s a power that will kill me.Step 2: There’s a Power that wants me to live.Step 3: Which do I want? (If you want to die, stop here./ If you want to live, go on.)Step 4: Using examples from your own life, understand that selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear control your actions.Step 5:…
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Twelve differences between your Sponsor and your Therapist
Your sponsor isn’t all that interested in the “reasons” you drank.Your therapist thinks your root problem is your lack of self-esteem, negative self-image, and your poor self-concept. Your sponsor thinks your problem is a 3-letter word with no hyphens: YOU.Your therapist wants you to pamper your “inner child”. Your sponsor thinks it ought to be…
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Boiled as an Owl
We were talking about “boiled as an owl” last night and I came upon this “drunktionary” which had a few more. My favorites:About rightAdmiral of the narrow seasAlderman Lushington is concernedAll mops and broomsAmiably incandescentAt peace with the floorBewottledClips the King’s EnglishDetained on businessEaten a loaf and a half for breakfastFoozlifiedFull as a seaside shithouse…