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Post by caressa on Feb 10, 2011 22:43:15 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
God doesn't care who carries the message. He just wants it carried. - Anne P.
I didn't become an alcoholic because I drank too much. I drank too much because I'm an alcoholic. - Unknown origin
I looked for God all over. And that's where I found him; All over. - Phil P.
We're all rebels who want to be hugged. - Charlie C.
You hear people say; 'I do Steps 1,2,and 3 everyday.' And that sounds so good the newcomer hears that and dies. Because all they've told you is they're getting ready to begin. It's like they make a decision to be pilots and them spend the rest of their lives in ground school. - Ted H.
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Post by caressa on Feb 10, 2011 22:46:13 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
Most alcoholics would rather die than get sober. And they do. - Anon.
Rockbottom: When things got worse faster than I could lower my standards. - Anon.
Alcohol gave me wings to fly, then took away my sky. - Anon.
I've got a mind that's trying to kill me. - Bob P.
It says in Chapter Five; 'If you have decided you want what we have..' Decision. '..and are willing to go to any lengths to get it.' Action. As far as I can tell, that summarizes everything in life: Decision, Action, Result. - Cubby S.
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Post by caressa on Feb 10, 2011 22:47:04 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
An alcoholic is anyone I don't like who drinks more than me. - Dylan Thomas.
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Post by caressa on Feb 12, 2011 9:04:38 GMT -5
I wanted to be Clint Eastwood but I was more like Woody Allen. - Trip S.
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Post by caressa on Feb 13, 2011 7:12:28 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
Willpower tells me I must. Willingness tells me I can. - Anon.
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Post by ~graced~ on Feb 13, 2011 8:36:33 GMT -5
*laughing*
I slipped over for a dose of laughter--and got it. Darn good thing we learn how to get a sense of humor, eh?
Have a peace-filled day, Caressa. And thank you for these.
*hugs*
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Post by caressa on Feb 14, 2011 0:53:16 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
Alcohol is a great remover. It removes stains, inhibitions, worries, jobs, families, freedom, choices, dignity, livers, - and lives. - Anon.
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Post by caressa on Feb 15, 2011 1:37:10 GMT -5
Time for Joy - Book - Quote
I am beginning to actually feel the energy of love that I have inside. My entire being is in the process of being transformed with love.
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Post by caressa on Feb 16, 2011 8:36:31 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
Don't point the finger, reach out the hand. - Anon.
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Post by caressa on Feb 16, 2011 8:38:35 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
I'd called AA and they sent this fella Kevin around. He came into my office, put his hand out and asked how I was. I said my standard 'Great'. And he kept hold of my hand pulled me up close, eye-balled me and said; 'Bull s...' - He was my sponsor from that day. - Dave B.
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Post by caressa on Feb 17, 2011 13:51:07 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
An alcoholic is a fellow who is trying to get his religion out of a bottle, when what he really wants is unity within himself. Unity with God. - Bill W.
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Post by caressa on Feb 18, 2011 12:29:49 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
The road to recovery is always under construction. - Anon.
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Post by caressa on Feb 19, 2011 4:14:19 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
Early in recovery. I heard Aldous Huxley give a lecture. Afterwards I went up to him, I had an AA pin on my lapel and he spotted it and he was ebullient and said;'I'm a friend of Bill W!' I didn't know Bill W, so I said: Mr. Huxley, what is God? and with this grin, he said; 'God is the inner experience of principles applied.' I said: ' Yeah...maybe you, didn't understand the question.' He said; 'You have a program, if you will apply those Steps, one day at a time, in your life, you will eventually have inner experiences that can't come about any other way. Then you won't have to ask that question because you will have the experience.' - Eddie C
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Post by caressa on Feb 21, 2011 7:40:42 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote February 20
The difference between God and me is that God doesn't think he's me. - Anon.
No wonder I forgot this one yesterday! LOL!
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote Februar 21
I wanted to be a writer. So I bought a pipe, a sports jacket with leather on the sleeves and a book on French. And I sat in the bar. I never wrote a line. - Anon.
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Post by caressa on Feb 22, 2011 8:32:31 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. - Judy Garland.
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Post by caressa on Feb 23, 2011 10:44:00 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
Wondering why I was an alcoholic was like being a man standing on a bridge, looking down at a gently flowing stream beneath. But my pants are on fire. And I'm saying: 'I wonder how these pants got on fire, was it hereditary or environmental?' Who cares. You jump in the water. - Doug D.
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Post by caressa on Feb 24, 2011 9:58:01 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
An alcoholic who stops drinking, is like the guy who jumps into the water only to find that he can't swim. And AA isn't the water you jump into when your pants are on fire, AA is a bunch of idiots in a life boat with charred britches who come along and give swimming lessons. - Doug D.
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Post by caressa on Feb 25, 2011 12:23:38 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote
If I'd known I was going to live this long I'd have taken better care of myself.' - Unknown origin.
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Post by caressa on Feb 28, 2011 1:44:22 GMT -5
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote February 27th
I'm unique, just like everybody else. - Anon.
Alkiespeak - Book - Quote February 28th
This is a disease of insight. I could see the filth, the deceit, the ugliness, the infidelity. The pain of alcoholism and me. It was all very clear. I could see through myself like glass - As Socrates said: 'The unexamined life is not worth living.' - Tom M.
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