Wisdom for Recovery. Wisdom for Life.
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First Things First
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Live and Let Live
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Let go and let God
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Time takes time
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One day at a time
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Is your program powered by Will Power or Higher Power?
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Cultivate an attitude of gratitude
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Misery is optional
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God never made no junk
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Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less
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Live life on life’s terms
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You can’t think your way into a new way of living…you have to live your way into a new way of thinking
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The key to freedom is in the Steps
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GOD = Good Orderly Direction
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HALT = don’t get too Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired
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Your worth should never depend on another persons opinion
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HOW it works = Honesty, Open mindedness, and Willingness
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SLIP = Sobriety Lost Its Priority
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It’s a simple program for complicated people
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The newcomer is the most important person in any meeting
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Keep coming back, it works if you work it
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Learn to listen and listen to learn
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Many meetings, many chances; few meetings, few chances; no meetings, no chances
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Meeting makers make it
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People who don’t go to meetings don’t hear about what happens to people who don’t go to meetings
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To keep what you have, you have to give it away
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How does it work? It works just fine
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If you don’t want to slip, stay away from slippery places
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If you do what you always did, you’ll get what you always got
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If you sit in the barber’s chair long enough, you’ll eventually get a haircut
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Most things can be preserved in alcohol; dignity, however, is not one of them
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Progress, not perfection
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Resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die
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think……think…….think
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Keep it simple
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This too shall pass
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Stick with the winners
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H O P E = Happy Our Program Exists
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Recovery is a journey …not a destination
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To thine own self be true
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Turn it over
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Nothing is so bad, a drink won’t make it worse
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Willingness is the key
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Take what you need and leave the rest
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If you expect respect, be the first to show some
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Keep the plug in the jug
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Do it sober
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Although we are not responsible for our disease we are responsible for our recovery
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Hugs not Drugs
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Just for Today
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Recovery doesn’t happen overnight
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Pass it on
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If you want to stay clean, don’t use
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Don’t quit before the miracle happens
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Learn to listen and listen to learn
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Use the 24-hour plan
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Nobody ever found recovery as a result of an intellectual awakening
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When all else fails, follow directions
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Change is a process, not an event
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Call your sponsor before, not after, you take the first drink
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Give time time
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I was sick and tired of being sick and tired
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You only get out of it what you put into it
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It’s the first drink that gets you drunk
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An addict alone is in bad company
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Recovery begins with the First Step
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Help is only a phone call away
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Nothing changes if nothing changes
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It is possible to change without improving - it is impossible to improve without change
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Experience, strength and hope not opinions, bullshit and dope
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One drink is too many and a thousand not enough
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Keep coming back
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An addict cannot be grateful and hateful at the same time
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Easy does it
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Easy does it but do it
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Stick with the winners - Win with the stickers
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Serenity is not freedom from the storm but peace amid the storm
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Feelings are not facts
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Principles before personalities
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Turn it over, don’t turn it off
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Seven days without a meeting makes one weak
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Growing old is mandatory - Growing up is optional
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Slogans are wisdom written in shorthand
