November, 2003

Daily reminders and popular AA sayings

· Keep coming back, it works if you work it.

· Sit down, shut up, listen.

· If you think the program is too simple, go out and drink some more. By the time you get back you'll be simple enough for the program.

· First things first

· Keep it simple, stupid (K.I.S.S.)

· What step are you on?

· Does anyone have a burning desire?

· We got a chair here with your name on it.

· It's always easier to take somebody else's inventory.

· I'm really grateful to be here.

· I thank my HP for my sobriety.

· I don't know where I'd be without my sponsor.

· Get a sponsor.

· Don't drink and go to meetings.

· My ass was on fire.

· If drinking doesn't bring you to your knees, sobriety will.

· When you sober up a horse thief, all you have is a sober horse thief

· Easy does it

· One day at a time

· If you fly with crows, you get shot at

· GOD: Good, Orderly Direction

· HALT: Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired

· I got sick of being sick and tired

· It's easy to talk the talk, but you have to walk the walk

· Gratitude is an attitude

· You have to give it away in order to keep it

· Fake it until you make it

· It's a selfish program

· Stick with the winners

· Keep coming back

· Just for today

· I've been here a few 24 hours

· HIT: Hang In There

· Under every dress there's a slip

· FEAR: False Expectations Appearing Real

· Let go and let God

· FEAR : Face Everything And Recover!

· EGO: Edging God Out!

· We came, we came to, we came to believe

· Daniel didn't go back to the lion's den to get his hat

· If you stick with the bunch, you'll get peeled

· It gets better

· The doors swing both ways

· It's the engine that kills you, not the caboose

· You have to put in the time

· Put the plug in the jug

· We suffer from alcohol-ISM, not alcohol-WASM

· Try it for 90 days, and if you don't like it, we'll gladly refund your misery

· Don't drink, go to meetings

· Some people drink normally, and I normally drink

· I'm glad to be here, and glad to be sober

· The person with the most sobriety is the one who got up earliest this morning

· A slip is a premeditated drunk

· Keep your cock (or cash, or car) out of AA

· AA is the easier, softer way

· Go to meetings when you want to, and go to meetings when you don't want to

· It's been a good meeting so far

· I've heard a lot of good things said at this meeting

· My worst day sober was better than my best day drunk

· None of us got here form drinking too much coffee

· We have a disease that tells us we don't have a disease

· We have a living problem, not a drinking problem

· We have a thinking problem, not a drinking problem

· Thank you for my sobriety

· There are no elevators in AA, only steps

· If you don't want to slip, stay away from slippery places

· The mind is like a parachute, it works better when it's open

· Alcoholics are more sensitive than average

· Alcoholics work harder than average

· Alcoholics are more intelligent than average

· There's no gain without pain

· Thank you for sharing my pain

· Pain is the touchstone of progress

· My daily sobriety is contingent on my spiritual condition

· Yesterday is a cancelled cheque, tomorrow is a promissory note, only today is cash in the bank.

updated by Daragh | November 2003