Directions to AA

[MajestyJo]

Directions to AA: Just go straight to hell and make a U-turn.

AA: Being a part of something is more important than being the center of attention.

AA is the only place where you can walk into a room full of strangers and reminisce.

AA romance.... the odds are good... but the goods are odd.

AA: Look for a way in; not for a way out.

AA: We are not reformed drunks, but informed alcoholics

AA has no fixed address -- you can take it with you.

AA: We are here for a reason, not for the season

AA Groups: An AA group will be judged by the worst behavior of its members

Before I came to AA I was dead, but did not know enough to lie down.

In AA there are no losers -- just slow winners

Alcoholic (as defined by self): A piece of crap that the universe revolves around.

Alcoholic: Someone who refuses to give up a life of failure without a fight.

Alcoholic: A person who when s/he goes to a wedding, wants to be the bride and when s/he goes to a funeral, wants to be the corpse.

An alcoholic is someone who wants to be held while isolating.

Alcoholic: "I may not be much, but I'm all I think about."

Alcoholic: "If I could drink like a normal drinker, I'd drink all the time!"

Alcoholics burn their bridges in front of them.

An alcoholic is someone who finds something that works and then stops doing it.

If you think that you are an alcoholic, chances are you are.

An alcoholic is a man or woman with two feet planted firmly in mid-air.

Non-alcoholics change their behavior to meet their goals; alcoholics change their goals to meet their behavior.

An alcoholic can be in the gutter and still look down on people.

High bottoms have trap doors

If the cure works, chances are you have the disease.

Three most dangerous words for an alcoholic:....."I've been thinking!"

[MajestyJo]

Have you read the Big Book. It is the text book of AA. A blueprint to recovery. I related to a lot of it although it took me several years to find the self-honesty I needed to look at it for myself instead of for the alcoholics in my life.

Stay safe for the holidays. Remember that we do this program, one day at a time. It is important for me to keep to the basics. Go to meetings, talk to my sponsor and my support, don't put myself in places that are triggers. If I have to go somewhere, it is important for me to take along a friend if I can. I found that I had to have a back up plan. Have my own way home, give myself permission to leave if I didn't feel comfortable and safe.

The two things I tell myself, "Don't pick up, no matter what." "Remember God is with me." I don't go any place I can't take the God of my understanding with me.