1. easy does it
   
   
2. first things first
   
   
3. live and let live
   
   
4. but for the grace of god
   
   
5. think......think.......think
   
   
6. one day at time
   
   
7. let go and let god
   
   
8. kiss---keep it simple stupid
   
   
9. act as if.........
   
   
10. this too shall pass
    
    
11. expect miracles
    
    
12. i can't .........he can..........i think i'll let him (steps 1,2,3)
    
    
13. if it works.........don't fix it
    
    
14. keep coming back..........it works if you work it
    
    
15. stick with the winners
    
    
16. keep right size
    
    
17. sobriety is a journey ..........not a destination
    
    
18. faith without works is dead
    
    
19. poor me.....poor me............pour me another drink
    
    
20. to thine own self be true
    
    
21. I came;I came to;I came to believe (steps 1,2,3)
    
    
22. live in the NOW
    
    
23. if god seems far away, who moved ?
    
    
24. turn it over
    
    
25. aa=altered attitudes
    
    
26. nothing is so bad, a drink won't make it worse
    
    
27. we are only as sick as our secrets
    
    
28. there are no coincidences in aa
    
    
29. be part of the solution,not the problem
    
    
30. sponsors: have one-----use one-----be one
    
    
31. I can't handle it god; you take over
    
    
32. keep an open mind
    
    
33. it works -------it really does ! (page 88,line 8 in the big book)
    
    
34. willingness is the key
    
    
35. more will be revealed
    
    
36. you will intuitively know
    
    
37. you will be amazed
    
    
38. no pain.........no gain
    
    
39. go for it
    
    
40. keep the plug in the jug
    
    
41. do it sober
    
    
42. let it begin with me
    
    
43. just for today
    
    
44. sober `n` crazy
    
    
45. pass it on
    
    
46. it's in the book
47. you either is-------or you ain't
    
    
48. before you say: i can't ............say i'll try
    
    
49. don't quit 5 minutes before the miracle happens
    
    
50. some of us our sicker than others
    
    
51. we're all here because we're not all there
    
    
52. alcoholism is an equal opportunity destroyer
    
    
53. practice an attitude of gratitude
    
    
54. the road to sobriety is a simple journey for confused people with a complicated disease
    
    
55. another friend of bill w.'s
    
    
56. god is never late
    
    
57. have a good day unless of course u have made other plans
    
    
58. decisions aren't forever
    
    
59. it takes time
    
    
60. 90 meetings in 90 days.........90/90
    
    
61. you are not alone
    
    
62. where you go .......there you are
    
    
63. don't drink,read the big book,and go to meetings
    
    
64. use the 24-hour plan
    
    
65. make use of the telephone therapy
    
    
66. stay sober for yourself
    
    
67. look for similarities rather than differences
    
    
68. remember your last drunk
    
    
69. remember that alcoholism is incurable,progressive, and fatal
    
    
70. try not place conditions on your sobriety
    
    
71. when all else fails, follow directions
    
    
72. count your blessings
    
    
73. share your happiness
    
    
74. respect the anonymity of others
    
    
75. share your pain
    
    
76. let go of old ideas
    
    
77. try to replace guilt with gratitude
    
    
78. what goes around, comes around
    
    
79. change is a process, not an event
    
    
80. take the cotton out of your ears and put it in your mouth
    
    
81. call your sponsor before, not after, you take the first drink
    
    
82. sick and tired of being sick and tired
    
    
83. it's the first drink that gets you drunk
    
    
84. to keep it, you have to give it away
    
    
85. man's extremity is god's opportunity
    
    
86. the price for serenity and sanity is self-sacrifice
    
    
87. one alcoholic talking to another...........one equals one
    
    
88. take what you can use and leave the rest
    
    
89. what if........
    
    
90. yeah but.........
    
    
91. if only.........
    
    
92. help is only a phone call away
    
    
93. around aa or in aa ?
    
    
94. you can't give away what you don't have
    
    
95. one drink is too many and thousand not enough
    
    
96. keep coming back---kcb
    
    
97. anger is but one letter away from danger
    
    
98. courage to change
    
    
99. easy does it,but do it
    
    
100. bring the body and the mind will follow
     
     
101. accept your admission
     
     
102. remember when............
     
     
103. dry and tighten up (financially)
     
     
104. we AAs are 'gifted' people
     
     
105. there are 12 steps in the ladder of complete sobriety
     
     
106. fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed
     
     
107. before engaging your mouth,put your mind in gear!
     
     
108. i want what i want when i want it
     
     
109. there is no chemical solution to a spiritual problem
     
     
110. aa is not something you join,it's a way of life
     
     
111. we can be positive that our drinking was negative
     
     
112. spirituality is the ability to get our minds off ourselves
     
     
113. faith is spelled ...............a-c-t-i-o-n
     
     
114. backsliding begins when knee-bending stops
     
     
115. if i think,i won't drink. if i drink,i can't think
     
     
116. bend your knees before you bend your elbow
     
     
117. the first step in overcoming mistakes is to admit them
     
     
118. formula for failure: try to please everyone
     
     
119. sorrow is looking back,worry is looking around
     
     
120. willpower= our will-ingness to use a higher power
     
     
121. aa is an education without graduation
     
     
122. when your head begins to swell your mind stops growing
     
     
123. a journey of a 1,000 miles begins with the first step
     
     
124. god=good orderly direction
     
     
125. be as enthusiastic about aa as you were about your drinking
     
     
126. you received without cost,now give without charge
     
     
127. humility is our acceptance of ourselves
     
     
128. trying to pray is praying
     
     
129. get it ---give it---grow in it
     
     
130. faith is not belief without proof but trust without reservation
     
     
131. we're responsible for the effort not the outcome
     
     
132. this is a selfish program
     
     
133. ego=edge god out
     
     
134. keep your sobriety first to make it last
     
     
135. i drank: too much---too often---too long
     
     
136. aa will work if you want it to work
     
     
137. minds are like parachutes----they won't work unless they're open
     
     
138. what you hear and see here,stays here
     
     
139. alcoholism is the only disease that tells you you're all right
     
     
140. if you turn it over and don't let go of it,you will be upside down.
     
     
141. an aa meeting is where losers get together to talk about their winnings
     
     
142. aa is a school in which we are all learners and all teachers
     
     
143. god taught us to laugh again but god please don't let us forget that we once cried
     
     
144. serenity is not freedom from the storm but peace amid the storm
     
     
145. aa may not solve all your problems but it is willing to share them
     
     
146. it isn't the load that weighs us down------it's the way we carry it
     
     
147. principles before personalities
     
     
148. when u do all the talking you only learn what you already know
     
     
149. the 7t's ---take time to think the thing through
     
     
150. there are none too dumb for the aa program but many are too smart
     
     
151. we all have another drunk left in us but we don't know if we have another recovery in us
     
     
152. to be forgiven we must forgive
     
     
153. when we surrender to our higher power, the journey begins
     
     
154. the person with the most sobriety at a meeting is the one who got up earliest that morning
     
     
155. knowledge of "the answers" never made anyone slip---it was failing to practice "the answers" known
     
     
156. h.a.l.t.=don't get too hungry(h).......or too angry(a)......or too lonely(l) ........or too tire(t)
     
     
157. fear stands for Frustration
     
     Ego,
     Anxiety,
     Resentment
     
     
     
158. the 12 steps tell us how it works; the 12 traditions tell us why it works.........
     
     
159. aa won't ...........keep you from going to hell.............nor is it a ticket to heaven............but it will...........keep u sober long enough.........for you to make up your mind...............which way you want to go!
     
     
160. if faith without works is dead; then .........willingness without action is fantasy
     
     
161. when a person tries to control their drinking they have already lost control
     
     
162. the task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us
     
     
163. seven days without an aa meeting makes one WEAK
     
     
164. you are not required to like it, you're only required to DO IT
     
     
165. when wallowing in your self-pity ...... get off the cross we need the wood
     
     
166. we in aa don't carry the alcoholic; we carry the message
     
     
167. the results are in god's hand
     
     
168. we are not human beings having spiritual experiences; we are spiritual beings having human experiences
     
     
169. remember nothing is going to happen today that you and god can't handle
     
     
170. when man listens,god speaks; when man obeys,god works
     
     
171. don't watch the "slippers" but watch those who don't slip closely and watch them go through difficulties and pull through
     
     
172. the 3 t's of gratitude to repay aa for our sobriety: our time, our talent, our treasure
     
     
173. it's a pity we can't forget our troubles the same way we forget our blessings
     
     
174. be careful what you pray for; you're liable to get it
     
     
175. the time to attend a meeting is when you least feel like going
     
     
176. work the program from the waist up
     
     
177. aa is the highest priced club in the world.........if u have paid the dues, why not enjoy the benefits ?
     
     
178. the first step is the only step a person can work perfectly
     
     
179. the will of god will never take you where the grace of god will not protect you
     
     
180. your big book is your sponsor too
     
     
181. aa never opened the gates of heaven to let me in, aa did open the gates of hell to let me out
     
     
182. the only thing we take from this world when we leave is what we gave away
     
     
183. time wasted in getting even can never be used in getting ahead
     
     
184. some people are so successful in aa that they turn out to be almost as good as they used to think they were when they were drinking
     
     
185. sobriety delivers everything alcohol promised
     
     
186. possibilities and miracles are one in the same
     
     
187. get out of the driver's seat.......let go and let god
     
     
188. how==honesty,open-mindedness,and willingness
     
     
189. danger sign: when your eyes have wandered from the alcoholics who still suffers and needs help-----to the faults of those whom the program has already helped
     
     
190. first we stayed sober because we have to............
     then we stay sober because we are willing to..........
     finally we stay sober because we want to.............
     
     
     
191. slogans are wisdom written in shorthand
     
     
192. active alcoholics don't have relationships; they take hostages
     
     
193. everyday is a gift that is why we call it the present
     
     
194. if you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere
     
     
195. every recovery from alcoholism began with one sober hour
     
     
196. each and every alcoholic----sober or not----teaches us some valuable lessons about ourselves and recovery
     
     
197. we had to quit playing god
     
     
198. don't compare---identify
     
     
199. don't intellectualize----utilize
     
     
200. RULE 62----don't take yourself so damn seriously!!!!!!!
     
     
201. aa has a wrench to fit every nut that walks through a meeting room door
     
     
202. living in the here and now
     
     
203. how does one become an "old-timer" ? don't drink and don't die!
     
     
204. aa spoils your drinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     
     
205. faith is our greatest gift; its sharing with others our greatest responsibility
     
     
206. if you want to drink-----that is your business
     if you want to quit-------that is aa 's business
     
     
207. in a bar, we got sympathy-----as long as our money lasted.
     in aa,we get understanding------for nothing!
     
     
208. even my worst day in sobriety is better than my best day drunk
     
     
209. the elevator is broken-------use the steps
     
     
210. let it begin with me
     
     
211. when all else fails.........the directions are in the big book
     
     
212. trust god.........clean house........help others
     
     
213. anonymity is so important it's half of our name
     
     
214. if we don't grow,we gotta go
     
     
215. all you need to start your own aa meeting is a resentment and a coffee pot!!
     
     
216. religion is for those who fear god.........spirituality is for those who have been to hell and back
     
     
217. there are no atheists in foxholes
     
     
218. three suggestions for making an aa speech:
     1).BE INTERESTING
     2).BE BRIEF
     3).BE SEATED
     
     
     
219. when you are a sponsor, you get out of yourself. if i serve, i will be served
     
     
220. why recovery never ends: the disease is alcoholISm, not alcoholWASM!
     
     
221. the aa way of life is meant to be bread for daily use, not cake for special occasions
     
     
222. the smartest thing an aa member can say is, " help me "
     
     
223. you are exactly where god wants you to be
     
     
224. god will never give you more than you can handle
     
     
225. slow but sure
     
     
226. in aa we say a "coincidence" is a miracle in which god chooses to remain anonymous
     
     
227. it takes the good and bad aa meeting----the good and bad aa talk -----to make this fellowship "work"
     
     
228. give time .......time
     
     
229. faith is a lighted doorway,but trust is a dark hall
     
     
230. the lesson i must learn is simply that my control is limited to my own behavior,my own attitudes
     
     
231. the aa paradoxes:
     ---from weakness(adversity) comes strength
     ---we forgive to be forgiven
     ---we give it away to keep it
     ---we suffer to get well
     ---we surrender to win
     ---we die to live
     ---from darkness comes light
     ---from dependence we found independence
     
     
     
232. aa works for people who believe in god
     aa works for people who don't believe in god
     aa NEVER works for people who believe they ARE god
     
     
233. just for today i will try to live through this day only,and not tackle my whole life problems at once. i can do something for 12 hours that would appall me if i felt that i had to keep it up for a LIFETIME
     
     
234. there are two days in every week which we have no control over----yesterday and tomorrow.today is the only day we can change.
     
     
235. it is not the experience if today that drives people mad----it is the remorse or bitterness for something which happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.
     
     
236. slippers in aa use the rdp---revolving door policy
     
     
237. pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth
     
     
238. god has no grand kids
     
     
239. there is a god and i am not it
     
     
240. the road to disappointment (resentment) is paved with expectation
     
     
241. be nice to newcomers .........one day they may be your sponsor
     
     
242. denial is not a river in egypt !
     
     
243. guilt is the gift that keeps on giving
     
     
244. the flip side to forgiveness is resentments
     
     
245. there is no magic in recovery only miracles
     
     
246. fear is the absences of faith
     
     
247. courage is faith that has said its prayers
     
     
248. depression is anger toward inward
     
     
249. alcoholics heal from the outside in.........but feel from the insideout
     
     
250. 3 A's in aa-----affection (thoughtfulness)
     -----attention (listening)
     -----appreciation (gratitude)
     
     
     
251. if it is meant to be...........i can't stop it
     if it isn't god's will ............i can't make it happen
     
     
     
252. there are aa members who MAKE things happen
     there are aa members who WATCH things happen
     there are aa members who DON'T KNOW anything happen
     
     WHICH ARE YOU ??????
     

Ain't sobriety great!!!???!!!