Recovery Sayings

My fundamental purpose is to be of maximum service to God and my fellow man.
All we ever have to share is our experience, strength and hope…………and that is more than enough!
If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got!
Anniversary medallions are not immunity medallions!
Don’t do what you want. Do what you don’t want to do.
We don’t change the Steps, the Steps change us.
My choice of drug is only a symptom of my disease.
The 12 Steps are a roadmap for my life. Without them I’m lost!
The core of addiction is self-centeredness.
Our sobriety is contingent upon our spiritual condition
Restlessness, irritability and discontent are for those who like being stuck.
If you don’t like where you are do something about it.
If you don’t like who you are do something about it.
If you relapsed and didn’t like it what are you going to do different this time?
There is no such thing as an easier, softer way
Change is an opportunity to…………Change
God will move a mountain but I must bring the shovel.
Fake it till you make it
A sound spiritual condition sets the stage for a good tune.
I got to get comfortable with me before I can get comfortable with you.
NATO = No Action, Talk Only.
Faith without works is dead.
Forbidden fruits create many jams.
This is an I, I, I disease and a We, We, We recovery
A life without struggles is fantasy, and a struggle without surrender is misery.
This is a simple program for complicated people
The Steps are numbered for a reason. Can you guess why?
Work on the right side of the ledger
We are in charge of the process while God is in charge of the results.
I said a Simple program, not an Easy program!
KISS= Keep It Simple Stupid!
I must do something different if I am to become someone different.
Let’s learn how to love………..Let’s not take prisoners anymore.
My serenity is directly proportional to my spirituality.
We are granted a daily reprieve based on our spiritual condition.
I have an I, I, I disease. I need a We, We, We recovery.
Let’s not work on the problem………Let’s work on the solution!
Feel the fear and do it anyway.
Life is not a destination, it is a journey
Thy will not mine be done.
But, you don’t understand will get you killed!
First Step to make dreams come true is to Wake Up!
No amount of success can make up for failure in the home.
God’s delays are not God’s denials.
If you wish to you flee temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address.
Take without forgetting………..Give without remembering.
What would do if I weren’t afraid?
Gratitude is the Attitude that sets the Altitude for living a Godly life.
Worries pull tomorrow’s clouds over today’s sunshine.
Sobriety chips are not immunity chips!
You can not give away what you haven’t got!
Freedom is not free………neither is sobriety.
Anger is one letter short of Danger!
Directions to Heaven- Turn right, go straight!
Easy Does It.
If you do what you can with what you’ve got right where you are God will increase what you have and He won’t leave you where you are.
Faith chases away fear.
We have to give it away to keep it.
There is no substitute for Experience.
Don’t work my program, or your program, work “the program”
Gratitude, that’s the attitude.
The elevator to sobriety is broken, take the steps.
The quality of your recovery is proportional to the quality of your surrender.
Tomorrow’s a fantasy and yesterday’s gone~ ~there’s only today.
When you’ve got one foot in yesterday and the other in tomorrow, you can only piss on today.
An expectation is a premeditated resentment.
You cannot save your ass and your face at the same time.
Resentment is the poison I take to hurt you.
You can’t direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
When it is hardest to pray…………. pray the hardest.
Do not count the days, make the days count.
Patience is counting down with out blasting off
Its’ okay to make plans but don’t plan the outcomes.
Isolation is the darkroom where I develop all my negativity!
Do you want to be right or do you want to have peace?
Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?
Live in the answer, not in the problem.
N.U.T.S.- Not Using The Steps
SLIP- Still Learning I’m Powerless
SLIP- Sobriety Loses Its Priority
Faith is not belief without proof; it’s trust without reservation.
A self-sponsored person is a good example of unskilled labor.
The first step adds years to my life, the rest add life to my years.
There is no pain in change; the pain comes from the resistance to change.
Recovery is a journey between two stations. One station represents total chaos, and the other represents total serenity. What is important is not where you are between the stations, but what direction you are facing.
People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
Surrender is a process not an event.
Love and recovery are idle potential. They become real when they are shared.
To forgive is to be released from the bondage of self
We are not measured by what we do, but by the things we overcome.
It is the smallest of moments that define my sobriety.
The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
If someone’s throwing dirt on you, they’re losing ground.
You can’t be hateful when you’re grateful.
A great remedy for anger is delay.
Hang with the Winners!
SPONSORS: Have One….Use One…….Be One.
A pessimist is someone who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.
Every time I close the door on reality, it comes back through the window.
We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges.
Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
God Himself does not propose to judge a man until he is dead. So why should you?
Fear is faith turned inside out.
Formula for failure: Try to please everyone.
In life, pain is necessary; suffering is optional.
Hearing is a gift, listening is an art.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
If you can’t love someone today, at least try not to hurt anybody.
Forgiveness is a gift of high value, yet it costs nothing.
It is better to look ahead and prepare, than look back and regret.
It is easier to fight for one’s principles than to live for it
It is nice to be important, but more important to be nice.
Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgment.
Resentments are like peeing in your pants; nobody else feels it but you.
It is not the load that breaks you down but the way you carry it.
My head is like a bad neighborhood and I shouldn’t go in there alone.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
Jumping to conclusions is a bad exercise.
The most wasted day of all is the one on which we have not laughed.
No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.
If you share your pain you cut it in half.
Courage is fear in action.
Attitudes are contagious–is yours worth catching.
Life is what happens while you’re making other plans.
Minds are like parachutes for they function best when open.
Courage is mastery of fear-not absence of fear.
Forgiveness is giving up the hope of a better past.
No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.
Remember…. Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them as much.
Some folks won’t look up until they are flat on their backs.
We didn’t all come over on the same ship, but were all in the same boat.
Failure isn’t in falling down; it’s in failing to get back up.
Serenity isn’t freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm.
You can tell the size of the man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.
I am not responsible for my feelings; but I am responsible for what I do with them.
Experience is the hardest kind of teacher, it gives you the test first and; the lesson afterwards.
You never know what enough is until you know what is more than enough.
We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
Only an open mind can be healed.
If you still haven’t found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, just enjoy the rainbow
.Men do not fail, they give up trying.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
Identify – Don’t compare.
Every misery I miss is a new blessing.
Self-pity is your worst enemy.
It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Life is a hospital, in which every patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.
If God is your Copilot – swap seats!
Prayer: Don’t give God instructions — just report for duty!
The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.
Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers.
Reputation is what others think you are…………..Character is who you are when no one is looking.
Knowledge helps you get a job…………Wisdom helps you get a life.
The holiness of a person is known only by the fruits of his or her work.
A little lie is like a little pregnancy…it doesn’t take long before everyone knows.
Reality is for people who can’t handle drugs.
Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
God will not do for us what he has given us the power to do ourselves.
We should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for.
It’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.
Under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated
and loved.
The Lord didn’t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?
To ignore the facts does not change the facts.
When you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.
Love, not time, heals all wounds.
The easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself
with people smarter than I am.
The easiest way for me to learn about recovery is to surround myself
with people that have it!
Everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.
There’s nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.
No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.
Life is tough, but I’m tougher.
Opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.
I wish I could have told those I cared about that I love them one more time before they passed away.
One should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow
he may have to eat them.
A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.
I can’t choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.
Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.
It is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is
requested and when it is a life threatening situation.
The less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.
It’s the little things that lead to relapse….It’s the little things that keep us sober.
The holiness of a person is revealed only by the fruits of his or her work.
Humiliation is not anything like Humility. Humiliation requires the Ego to be involved and Humility demands the Ego not be involved.
It’s not what you feel that determines how you act but rather it is how you act that determines how you feel
I’m responsible for what I say, how I feel and what I do.
Failure sometimes is avoidable; sometimes it’s optional and sometimes is necessary
It’s not what you think that determines how you act but rather it is how you act that determines how you think
Be willing to pay the price…………..today
Have a great day………………unless you’ve made other plans
Each of us has limitations, but the worst malady any of us can suffer is the spiritual paralysis that keeps us from doing God’s work on earth.
Opportunity may knock once, but temptation bangs on your front door forever.
Nothing changes until something changes.
He, who angers you, controls you!
Forbidden fruits create many jams.
Some minds are like concrete, thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
Be ALIVE while you are alive!
Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
Surround yourself with what you love, whether it’s family, friends, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
Our time is limited. We can use it well or foolishly: The choice is ours.
Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down
Enjoy the simple things.
Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers.
It is easier to preach ten sermons than it is to live one.
Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.
Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
A man wrapped up in him makes a very small package.
We don’t change the message, the message changes us.
You are what you think about all day long.
You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage him.
Your real wealth can be measured not by what you have, but by what you are.
No matter where you go…….there you are.
The really happy person is the one who can enjoy the scenery while on a detour.
When you get to your wit’s end, you’ll find God lives there.
Quit griping about your church; if it were perfect, you couldn’t belong.
God Himself does not propose to judge a man until he is dead. So why should you?
Peace starts with a smile.
We were called to be witnesses, not lawyers or judges.
Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.
Don’t put a question mark where God put a period.
God promises a safe landing, not a calm passage.
We are not punished for our sins; we are punished by our sins.
If God is your Copilot – swap seats!
Prayer: Don’t give God instructions — just report for duty!
The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power behind us.
The Will of God will never take you to where the Grace of God will not protect you.
The 3 major spiritual weapons to be used against temptation are first, diligence; second, distrust of self; third, confidence in God.
When you are DOWN to nothing…. God is UP to something!
Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible!
When Satan is knocking at your door, simply say, “God, could you get that for me?”
If you have your spiritual self in order, your earthly commitments will fall into order also.
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.
“Man proposes, but God disposes.”