When you're home by yourself you're behind enemy lines."
"If you share your pain you cut it in half, if you don't you double it."
"If you don't want what we have, go back out to what you had."
"There's no elevator, you have to take the steps."
"My head is like a bad neighborhood and I shouldn't go in there alone."
" Religion is for people who are afraid they'll go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have been there."
"I'm not going to give anybody free rent in my head."
"I used to be a hopeless dope fiend, now I'm a dopeless hope fiend."
"I need to put things in perspective because I have a disease of perception."
" The quality of your recovery is proportional to the quality of your surrender."
Uncover...Discover...Discard."
"Those who relapse are attending powerlessness graduate school."
"I've been beating up on myself so much I feel like hitting myself."
"The power behind me is greater than the problem in front of me."
"A fear faced is a fear erased."
"Having a resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die."
received in email __________________ "I am lighthouse rather than lifeboat. I do not rescue, but instead help others to find their own way to shore, guiding them by my example"
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dalin a unity means oneity...one god, one fellowship,one sponsor,one program...many gifts
An addict is a sick human being trying to get well, not a bad one trying to be good
Acceptance is the answer to all my issues.Each time a person,place ,thing or situation doesnt meet my expectations,I cant stay on the spiritual beam untill I stop expecting and start accepting.
Addiction is a perfect solvent: It dissolves marriages, families, & careers
Addictions are the only diseases that try to convince you that you don't have them
An addict is someone whose feet are firmly planted in thin air
An ingrate is someone who bites the hand that feeds him then complains of indigestion
Call your sponsor before you act out
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to overcome it
Cunning, Baffling, Powerful, & Persistent
Death, Insanity or Recovery
Denial is Not a River in Egypt
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Do what you did & get what you got
Don't use even if your ass falls off
Don't act out, don't think & go to meetings
Don't give up before the miracle happens
Embrace the journey
Everything happens for a reason
Faith chases away fear
Faith without works is dead
Fake it 'til you make it
Get to the meeting early & go to the meeting after the meeting
God speaks through other people
God will not close one door without opening another
Gratitude, that's the attitude
Do the next right thing
Half steps=half results
Happy, Joyous & Free
He who laughs... lasts
Humility is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less
I came, I came to, I came to believe
I like to get a good jump on worrying about something
I need just enough sex to tide me over & then I need MORE
If I woke up today feeling like I did every day when I was acting out, I'd take myself to the emergency room
If you don't want to slip, stay away from slippery places
If you wonder if you're an addict, you probably are
If you don't have a higher power, borrow mine
I'm really a very persuasive person; I can convince myself of anything
Insanity is defined as doing the same thing over & over again, expecting different results
It gets better
It's not easy to find happiness in ourselves & it's impossible to find it elsewhere
It's okay to look back at the past - just don't stare at it
Just for today
Keep coming back, it works if you work it
Keep it simple
Keep your hands in your pants & give the newcomer a chance
Let go & let God
Live for today. Yesterday's history. Tomorrow's a mystery
Live life on life's terms
None of us came here on a winning streak
Ninety meetings in ninety days
Not everything that is faced can be changed but nothing can be changed until it is faced
Once an addict, always an addict
One Day at a Time
Pray daily, God is easier to talk to than most people
Progress, not perfection
Put one foot in front of the other
Recovery is a journey, Not a destination
Resentment is like letting someone live rent-free in your head
Serenity is not freedom from the storm but peace amid the storm
Short version of the Serenity Prayer - "Screw it"
recovery is not for people who need it, it's for people who want it
Steps 1, 2 & 3: I can't, God can. I think I'll let Him
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem
The easier, softer way is one through twelve
The elevator's broken, take the steps
The fear of feeling the pain is worse than the pain itself
The mind is like a parachute, it works better when it's open
The pain is the arrow coming out, not the arrow going in
This too shall pass
The definition of an addict: an egomaniac with an inferiority complex
Time takes time
Trust God
Try to be grateful & resentful at the same time, you can't serve two masters
Today, "we" have a choice
Turn it over
Two things you have to do to become an old-timer: don't use & don't die
Unity, Service & Recovery
Unless I accept my virtues, I will be overwhelmed with my faults
We have to give it away to keep it
We'll love you until you learn to love yourself
We're only as sick as our secrets
We're not human beings sharing a spiritual experience...but spiritual beings sharing a human experience.
What if there is no God? Believe anyway
When you are in it up to your earsin shit keep your mouth shut
When we were using, we didn't have relationships, we took prisoners & held hostages
Where do I find recovery? Twelve steps past any lengths
Worry doesn't prevent disaster; it prevents joy
Write a gratitude list & count your blessings
You are right where you are supposed to be
You can always tell an addict, but you can't tell him much
You can't think your way into a new way of living...You have to live your way into a new way of thinking
You reap what you sow
40 miles means 40 miles out
we cant sit on the basic text and try to catch recovery by assmoses
-- Edited by dalin at 04:04, 2006-10-29
-- Edited by dalin at 04:18, 2006-10-29
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dalin a unity means oneity...one god, one fellowship,one sponsor,one program...many gifts
Bunny, thanks for that simple yet powerful piece of wisdom and sharing your Sponsor with us
Hugs, Love, Light ~ Tahir.
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"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
"If we do an honest examination of exactly what we are giving, we are better able to evaluate the results we are getting."Chapter 10 - Emotional Pain - NA Way of Life.
keep your mouth shut 
