• Easy does it.
• First things first.
• Live and let live.
• But for the grace of God.
• Think think think.
• One day at time.
• Let go and let God.
• K.I.S.S.—Keep It Simple Stupid.
• Act as if.
• This, too, shall pass.
• Expect miracles.
• I can’t, He can, I think I’ll let Him (Steps 1,2,3).
• If it works, don’t fix it.
• Keep coming back, it works if you work it.
• Stick with the winners.
• Keep on trudgin.’
• Sobriety is a journey, not a destination.
• Faith without works is dead.
• Poor me, poor me, pour me another drink.
• To thine own self be true.
• I came; I came to; I came to believe (Steps 1,2,3).
• Live in the NOW.
• If God seems far away, who moved?
• Turn it over.
• A.A. = Altered Attitudes
• Nothing is so bad, a drink won’t make it worse.
• We are only as sick as our secrets.
• There are no coincidences in A.A..
• Be part of the solution, not the problem.
• Sponsors: have one, use one, be one.
• I can’t handle it God; you take over.
• Keep an open mind.
• It works it really does! (page 88 in the Big Book)
• Willingness is the key.
• More will be revealed.
• You will intuitively know.
• You will be amazed.
• No pain, no gain.
• Go for it.
• Keep the plug in the jug.
• Do it sober.
• Let it begin with me.
• Just for today.
• Sober ‘n‘ crazy.
• Pass it on.
• It’s in the book.
• You either are or you aren’t.
• Before you say I can’t, say I’ll try.
• Don’t quit before the miracle happens.
• Some of us are sicker than others.
• We’re all here because we’re not all there.
• Alcoholism is an equal opportunity destroyer.
• Practice an attitude of gratitude.
• The road to sobriety is a simple journey for confused people with a complicated disease.
• Another friend of Bill W.’s.
• God is never late….always right on time.
• Have a good day, unless of course you have made other plans.
• Decisions aren’t forever.
• It takes time.
• 90 meetings in 90 days.
• You are not alone.
• Where you go, there you are.
• Don’t drink, read the Big Book, and go to meetings.
• Use the 24-hour plan.
• Make use of the telephone therapy.
• Stay sober for yourself.
• Look for the similarities rather than differences.
• Remember your last drunk.
• Remember that alcoholism is incurable, progressive, and fatal.
• Try not to place conditions on your sobriety.
• When all else fails, follow directions.
• Count your blessings.
• Share your happiness.
• Respect the anonymity of others.
• Share your pain.
• Share your gratitude.

• Ÿ Practical experience shows that NOTHING will so much insure immunity fromdrinking as INTENSIVE work with other alcoholics. Big Book, p89
• ŸOUR VERY LIVES, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our CONSTANT thoughtof others and how we may help meet their needs. Big Book, p20
• ŸDO THE RIGHT THINGS AND THE RIGHT THINGS WILL HAPPEN
• ŸFor if an alcoholic failed to perfect and enlarge his spiritual life through work and self-sacrifice for others, he could NOT survive the CERTAIN trials and low spots ahead. Big Book, p14
• ŸKeep on the firing line of life with these MOTIVES and God WILL, (not might) keepyou unharmed. Big Book, p102
• ŸYour MOTIVE is your PROTECTION
• ŸYour job now is to be at the place where you may be of MAXIMUM helpfulness to others. Big Book, p102 The good is the enemy of the best. Tradition 2
• ŸWhen ALL other measure failed, work with another alcoholic WOULD save us.Big Book, p15
• ŸI would be AMAZINGLY lifted up and set on my feet. It is a design for living that works in rough going. Big Book, p15
• Ÿ Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?
• Ÿ Surrender to Win
• Ÿ (On holding back) The more you put in, the more you get out
• Ÿ COMPLETELY give yourself to THIS simple programme
• Ÿ Reliance not defiance
• Ÿ I'm not getting into the lifeboat until I know WHY this ship is sinking!
• Ÿ Bludgeoned into Humility by pain and unremitting suffering
• Ÿ Sick and tired of being sick and tired
• Ÿ If you're spinning your wheels, try getting out of the driver's seat
• Ÿ Change is not painful. It is RESISTANCE to change that is painful
• Ÿ Your Higher Power makes your life uncomfortable when its time for you to change
• Ÿ THERE ARE NO DAYS OFF!
• Ÿ It's alcohol-ism, not -wasm.
• Ÿ Great suffering and great love are A.A.'s disciplinarians; we need no others.
• Some of us have taken VERY hard knocks to learn this truth: Job or no job, wife orno wife, we simply do NOT stop drinking so long as we place dependence upon otherpeople (places and things) ahead of dependence on God
• Ÿ If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’re going to KEEP getting what you’re getting
• Ÿ If you do what you always did, you'll get what you always got.
• Ÿ If nothing changes, nothing changes.
• Ÿ On Arrogance: You don't know what you don't know
• Ÿ Take the plank out of your own eye before you take the splinter out of someone else's
  
• Ÿ You can't ******** a ***********
• Ÿ Let go or be dragged
• Ÿ Insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result
• Ÿ What makes you think it's going to be different THIS time?
• Ÿ Its better to be in AA pretending to be an alcoholic, than to be 'out there', pretending you're not
• Isolation is the dark room where we develop our 'negatives'.
• ŸRelapse begins long before you pick up the drink/drug.
• Ÿ SLIP: Sobriety loses it's priority.
• ŸEVERY time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with US
• ŸPain is necessary, suffering is optional!
• ŸIf you hang around a barbershop long enough, eventually you'll get a haircut.
• ŸThoughts Become Things...choose the good ones!
• ŸYou move towards, and become like, that which you think about, whether it is good for you, or bad for you
• Ÿ"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thought. With our thoughts, we make our world." ~The Buddha
• ŸThe more you think about the problem, the bigger the problem gets. The more you think about the solution, the bigger the solution gets.
• Ÿ We don't see things as they are, we see them as WE are
• ŸWhat you 'see' is what you 'get'
• ŸI know for sure that what we dwell on is who we become
• ŸWhat would it look like WITHOUT the problem?
• ŸWhat do you want?
• Ÿ Stick with the winners: Have they got what you want? Do they look as though they areenjoying their sobriety? What are they like in the traffic? Are they comfortable in their ownskin?
• ŸFake it to make it
• ŸAct as if
• ŸOn negative self talk. If a friend spoke to you, the way YOU, spoke to you, would you hang around with them?
• ŸLive in the solution
• ŸTHE NEWCOMER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE ROOM
• ŸCOMPLETELY give themselves to THIS simple program.
• Ÿ Just do what makes you feel COMFORTABLE
• ŸWe are SURE God wants us to be happy, joyous and free.
• ŸEVERY time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with US
• ŸOur very lives, as ex-problem drinkers, depend upon our CONSTANT thought of others andhow we may help meet their needs
• ŸWise people learn from their own mistakes. Smart people learn from other people’s
• ŸThe people that matter don’t mind, and the people that mind, don’t matter
• ŸWear life like a loose garment, not like a hair shirt!
• ŸIt’s a cinch an inch, but it’s hard by the yard
• ŸWhat would be the LOVING thing to do?
• Ÿ Stick with the winners
• ŸKeep on the firing line of life with these motives and God WILL, (notmight) keep youunharmed
• Ÿ(On choosing Sponsors) Have they got what you want?
• ŸDo they look as though they are enjoying their sobriety?
• ŸWhat are they like in the traffic?
• ŸAre they comfortable in their own skin?
• ŸThe good is the enemy of the best
• ŸYour job now is to be at the place where you may be of MAXIMUM helpfulness to others
• Ÿ Sick and tired of being sick and tired
• Ÿ Its better to be in AA pretending to be an alcoholic, than to be 'out there', pretending you'renot
• ŸIt's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice
• Ÿ(on talking in meetings) In a 'GENERAL' way. Not a blow by blow account!
• Ÿ Just do your lousy best!