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Recovery Quote of the Day- 

“Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for - Marion Wright Edelman”

Thursday - September 22, 2022

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How to Support a Loved One Through Addiction Recovery

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Guide to Smashing Through an Alcohol Detox:

This guide outlines the basic steps involved in an alcohol detox.

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Yesterdays Recovery Quotes

  1. Happiness is not a station we arrive at; it’s a way of traveling.
  2. It's OK to look back at the past, just don't stare at it.
  3. I need to keep it simple, but I don't
  4. Happiness is not a station we arrive at; it’s a way of traveling
  5. I have a way to live that fills every hole my gut ever had
  6. Are you finally ready to let go and live your destiny?
  7. I feel bad for drowning the little girl inside me.
  8. I get addicted to anything I have tried twice and liked.
  9. Left to my own devices I will think its OK to drink again.
  10. I struggle with the thoughts in my head.
  11. Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be
  12. I thirst for spiritual milk
  13. What's born in the darkness shrivel's in the light.
  14. You can't fix what you cannot face.
  15. Not to change is not to adapt; not to adapt is to become extinct
  16. Life moves on whether you are a part of it or not.
  17. I realized I liked being alive the closer to death I got.
  18. Tell me who you hang with and I will tell you who you are.
  19. Fear is an incompetent teacher
  20. Forgiveness has healed my soul
  21. In recovery, it’s not our feelings that matter; it’s our actions.
  22. If you want to be happy, be. - Leo Tolstoy
  23. You have to let yourself be happy!
  24. What you do speaks louder than what you say!
  25. If you look for comfort you will never find truth
  26. I am all of my family before me.
  27. We work; we struggle; we will survive.
  28. You will forget what I say to you, but you will never forget what I do for you.
  29. You cannot fix feelings with feelings.
  30. Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future
  31. You can never get enough of what you don't really want.
  32. I have mixed drinks about feelings.
  33. Tragedy is a test of courage.
  34. Expect nothing and you will enjoy everything.
  35. Are you willing to be amazed?
  36. Sobriety is a constant process of uncovering, discovering, and discarding.
  37. The only way I ever found to displace a thought was to put another thought in its stead.
  38. I do not stand by in the presence of evil!
  39. It's not to good to be ture, it's just more than i'm used to.
  40. If your not failing at something then your not trying hard enough!
  41. We would rather be ruined than change!
  42. I live simply so that others may simply live.
  43. The human species is a parade of fools and I am often at the head of it.
  44. I try to learn from my critics, often they are my best teachers
  45. God will not have his work made manifest by cowards. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
  46. When you deny your vulnerability you become less attractive.
  47. I ask God for one good humiliation a day and then notice how i react to it... 
  48. I am thankful to God for all that I have, and for all that I don't have.
  49. Sometimes I wonder if this illness isn't a gift rather than a problem.
  50. Life is travel -- enjoy the journey, bumpy roads and all.
  51. We are called to unity, not uniformity.
  52. If it were not for the 'we' of 12 step programs, there would be no 'I.
  53. The only way to get on your feet is to get off your butt.
  54. A real leader always speaks the truth, even to their own detriment
  55. I know what will happen if I drink,...I don't know what will happen if I don't
  56. It feels good to be trusted.
  57. It's a waste of time to take God's inventory.
  58. What we practice is what we become
  59. What matters is what works, not my opinion of what works
  60. Nothing improves if I drink
  61. Only the sharing of despair can bring us ... illumination.
  62. What we will be tomorrow is determined by what we think today.
  63. My life was more than unmanageable, it was illegal.
  64. Serenity is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.
  65. I hate humans, but i am a really big social person
  66. If faith without works is dead, willingness without action is fantasy.
  67. My desire to drink became a desire not to.
  68. Coincidences are merely a manner in which God protects his anonymity.
  69. Success and failure share a common denominator,...both are tempoarary.
  70. Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want
  71. What I feel is not a fact, but it is a fact that I feel
  72. I do not have a drinking problem any more, but I do have a living problem
  73. Do not take your spiritual temperature with an emotional thermometer.
  74. To be teachable, i had to be reachable
  75. Times change, addiction doesn't
  76. God will change you without your permission
  77. I didn't have to get high and die
  78. Know God, Know Peace,....No God, No Peace!
  79. I learned that if I had the capacity to be honest, I would get better.
  80. Trust in a Higher Power, Clean House, Help Others
  81. Recovery is the first thing in my life that has really worked
  82. You lie to yourself long before you lie to anyone else.
  83. Now that my spiritual eyes have begun to open, the world is much fuller.
  84. Change is scary, even if it promises a better life
  85. Teamwork makes the Dream Work!
  86. Addiction put me on an endless dead end road
  87. Happiness is not perfected until it is shared
  88. God, please get in my head today before i do
  89. I'm not where i wanna be, but i'm not where I used to be!
  90. Everything you want is on the other side of FEAR
  91. I know how they felt because I felt that way about myself
  92. My thinking couldn't fix my thinking
  93. I need to act like i have done some steps...
  94. When the horse is dead, get off!!
  95. I don't have to take your inventory, you will show it to me anyway!!
  96. It's not our enemies that defeat us, it is our fear.
  97. Yesterday is History, and tomorrow is a Mystery
  98. Joy comes from living the way my conscience tells me to live
  99. Love yourself the same way you want someone else to love you
  100. Screw the baby steps, jump in and stay in!
  101. It's the routine that's killing you!
  102. Fantasy was my first addiction
  103. There is a crack in everything, that's where the light gets in.
  104. The best way out is always through - Robert Frost
  105. I cannot wait around for someone else to decide my life for me.
  106. The only thing keeping you from being happy is the belief that you are alone.
  107. I don't have enough information to know if it's good or bad for me!
  108. We'll ALL be OK because we already are!
  109. Am I in the cycle of Recovery, or the cycle of ADDICTION??
  110. Once you know better, you are RESPONSIBLE to do better
  111. Control is impossible the moment it is suggested!
  112. My story is SUFFICIENT
  113. God allowed this to happen ON purpose, but it was FOR a purpose!
  114. Nobody has to understand what I understand, it's not up for debate
  115. Between now and DEAD, I AM the architect
  116. You didn't Cause it, you cannot Control it, and you can't Cure it!
  117. Anything is possible until your heart stops beating
  118. Jealousy is not a sign of Love, it is a sign of insecurity
  119. We prove ours fears true all the time, Dr. Laura
  120. There are only 2 ways out of pain, make a decision, take an action
  121. Let it hurt, then let it go
  122. We can never re-capture the rapture, but we can regain the pain
  123. If we fail to 'repair', we can only impair
  124. My life goal is not to be happy, it is to be useful
  125. Your bottom is when you decide to stop digging
  126. When we see our uniqueness as a virtue, only then do we find peace
  127. Everybody needs a witness to their life
  128. The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time - James Taylor
  129. We suffer more often in imagination than in reality - Seneca
  130. Easy Choices, Hard Life - Hard Choices, Easy Life
  131. People like you when you are interested in them
  132. Forgiveness cannot change the past, but it can change the future
  133. I cannot control the wind, but i can adjust my sails
  134. Suffering is in the resistence to what is
  135. Do what you need to do, not what you want to do - Ida Keeling 100 years old
  136. A man grows with the greatness of his task
  137. If you don't share your history, your recovery will be a mystery
  138. Be the change you want to see in the world - Ghandi
  139. The past is an enormous place with all sorts of things inside
  140. I was treating my friends like the clean up crew
  141. If i do something perfectly, it was by mistake
  142. It's human nature to run from pain
  143. Happiness is a moment, not a state of being
  144. God will put in my path what i need, not what i think i want
  145. Self Esteem comes from impressing yourself
  146. I give up, i want to be available for tomorrow
  147. Alcoholics and addicts either fix themselves, or they don't get fixed
  148. God never misses a meeting
  149. Those that have been hurt the most often have the greatest ability to heal
  150. I had to remember to make amends to myself during my 9th step
  151. Train yourself to let go everything you fear to lose - Yoda
  152. I constantly live in fear of the wreckage of my future
  153. We are all broken,...that's how the light gets in
  154. Relapse is part of addiction, it is not a part of recovery
  155. Some of the best gifts come in the worst wrapping paper
  156. Anything you put before recovery you will lose
  157. I'm not everybody's cup of tea, that's why they make coffee
  158. A grateful addict will not use
  159. Existence can be beutiful or ugly, but that's on you
  160. Life is easier when your numb
  161. I'm very proud of my humility
  162. A man wishing to be unhappy will find many ways to prove his course
  163. You matter because you are you, you matter to the last moment of your life
  164. Dedicate your life to the thing you Love more than yourself
  165. Dear Lord let me laugh today, but don't let me forget how I cried
  166. I stopped making my life recovery, and started making recovery my life
  167. I bring the message to the prison, so that i don't have to go to prison.
  168. You have to get through the mess to get to the message
  169. Turn the stumbling block in to a stepping stone - Bruce Lee
  170. The more I learn the more I need to learn
  171. I live my life in constant fear of an uncertain future
  172. I need to stop putting a question mark where God has put a period
  173. I am a man of deep abiding faith that comes and goes
  174. Admit,...Accept,...Surrender,...Admit,...Accept,...Surrender,...
  175. My Will are my thoughts, My Actions are my life.
  176. When we Love, we will see in others what we want to see in ourselves
  177. Life is the shit that happens while your waiting for moments that never come
  178. Patience is slowing down to someone else's speed
  179. You have to meet people where they are, not where you want them to be
  180. When I feel "OK" with myself I tend not to want to take a drink
  181. We do not lead others in to the light by stepping in to the darkness with them
  182. Just because were here doesn't mean were all there
  183. My fellowship may or may not get me to Heaven, but it sure got me out of hell
  184. There is no comfort in the growth zone, and no growth in the comfort zone
  185. Do the right thing, it will gratify some people, and astonish the rest
  186. Get the facts first, then you can distort them if you please
  187. You can't move forward if your still hanging on
  188. We don't give advice, we give suggestions based on experience
  189. Forget 'Keep coming back', and just stay with us
  190. Just because your having a bad day doesn't mean your having a bad life
  191. Don't count the days, make the days count
  192. The bottom started falling out faster than I could lower my standards
  193. Always do your best, what you plant now, you will harvest later - Og Mandino
  194. Life is really simple, but we isist on making it complicated - Confucius
  195. Make a habit of two things, to help, or at least do no harm - Hippocrates
  196. Start where you are, use what you have, do what you can - Arthur Ashe
  197. My life is full of disasters, most of which didn't happen
  198. Hope is a talent like any other - Storm Jameson
  199. Hell is other people - Jean-Paul Sartre
  200. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear
  201. My head is a bad neighborhood to be by myself in
  202. Growing old is natural, growing up is spiritual
  203. You can't stay sober today on yesterday's sobriety
  204. The moment I take control is when I lose control
  205. It's OK to look back at your life, just don't STARE at it.
  206. God helps those who help themselves, do nothing, and nothing will happen
  207. When you speak, talk to the newcomer, don't try to impress the old timer
  208. I went to a party when I was 15 and didn't go home until I was 50
  209. I work 5 days a week, mostly on Saturdays
  210. If you judge the messenger, you won't listen to the message
  211. You don't have to live in the past, just remember the past
  212. When do people start to live?.... When they face death...
  213. I didn't get here because I saw the light, i got here because I felt the heat
  214. Fear knocked at the door, faith answered, and no one was there
  215. Seven days without a meeting makes one weak
  216. I didn't think much of myself in the past, but I thought about myself all the time
  217. Would you like to be right, or happy
  218. If you are on the wrong road God allows U-Turns
  219. The important things are not things
  220. The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well
  221. Anger is only a symptom of what is really going on
  222. What everyone thinks of me is none of my business
  223. Every new day is another chance to change your life
  224. I'm recovering, that's my little fact
  225. Don't believe everything you think
  226. Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you
  227. Rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life
  228. Stay strong, recovery is possible
  229. Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase
  230. To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better
  231. The past is seldom as we would have it
  232. Honor the path of others
  233. Expectations are the first step of a resentment
  234. The secret to success is found in your daily routine - John Maxwell
  235. I was running from myself, the problem was I was taking myself with me
  236. Everyone needs a higher power, because people will let you down
  237. Addiction is the only prison where the locks are on the inside
  238. Recovery takes time, and time takes time
  239. I wasn't a bad person doing bad things, I was a sick person doing sick things
  240. Addiction is bound up in the creative mind
  241. Don't drink and go to meetings
  242. If you don't drink, you won't get drunk
  243. Faith, it does not make things easy, it makes them possible
  244. I rarely have a conversation with myself that I disagree with
  245. One day at a time
  246. Let go or be dragged
  247. Fall down seven times, stand up eight
  248. You are not what you've done, you are what you have overcome
  249. The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude
  250. Keep it simple
  251. Easy does it
  252. Tough times don't last, tough people do
  253. Self Love
  254. I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, i'm telling you it's going to be worth it
  255. Leave scales to the fish
  256. Sometimes I just gotta let it go and say to hell with it and move on
  257. Become who you are
  258. You are beautiful
  259. Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny
  260. Don't let the fear of relapsing keep you from recovery
  261. Never stop fighting
  262. Real recovery is a complete lifestyle change
  263. Breathe in joy and strength, breathe out wisdom and peace
  264. I'm gonna make the rest of my life, the best of my life
  265. Dear God, I know i'm not perfect, but thanks for loving me anyway
  266. I am in repair, i'm not together, but i'm getting there
  267. Recovery is the bridge between who you were and who you are
  268. And what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us
  269. If you only walk on sunny days, you will never reach your destination
  270. Sometimes you have to be your own hero
  271. Keep calm and carry the message
  272. The past can hurt, but you can either run from it, or, learn from it
  273. I knew nothing about nothing, and thought I knew everything about everything
  274. Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly
  275. Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching
  276. Walking in the sunlight of the spirit
  277. I never came out of blackout happy, joyous and free
  278. When my butt is on a barstool I know everything about everything
  279. No matter what - you don't have to pick up.
  280. Until the pain gets strong enough, there will be no change
  281. It came to pass; it didn't come to stay
  282. May your lost dreams of yesterday become the reality of your tomorrow
  283. Hit your knees,.....not the bottle
  284. I can't fix anyone but me, and that's a full time job
  285. Recovery is an inside job
  286. Just for today
  287. Think Think Think
  288. First things first
  289. How important is it
  290. Keep an open mind
  291. Live and let live
  292. Have an attitude of gratitude
  293. Mind your own business
  294. Progress not perfection
  295. Change the things I can
  296. Drunk says - Look Mom, i'm 19 years sober. Mom says - so is the cat.
  297. Wonderful things happen one day at a time
  298. Listen and learn
  299. Let go and let God
  300. This too shall pass
  301. Great expectations can lead to great disappointments
  302. If it is to be, it is up to me
  303. If you think handling everything is too much, try letting go
  304. Fear is a darkroom where negatives are developed
  305. Take what you like and leave the rest
  306. Measure yourself by your best moments not your worst
  307. Remember yesterday, dream of tomorrow, but live for today
  308. The longest journey starts with the first step
  309. Recovery is a process, not an event-it takes time
  310. You must be present to win
  311. Each new day offers a new opportunity
  312. One hour at a time,..one day at a time,..one step at a time
  313. It's alcohol-ISM, not alcohol-WASM
  314. A.A. also stands for,...Attitude Adjustment
  315. I can only carry the message, I can"t carry the drunk
  316. Happiness is not getting what you want, it is wanting what you get
  317. It's never to late to be what you might have been
  318. There ain't no big deals
  319. If you do what you always did, you will get what you always got
  320. If you keep doin' what your doin', you'll keep gettin' what your gettin'
  321. Looking for God is like a fish looking for water
  322. Listen to the message,..not the messenger
  323. Feel, Deal and the Heal,..(Feel it, Deal with it and then Heal from it)
  324. Hope is knowing the good in us will overcome the bad
  325. Happy, Joyous & Free
  326. God speaks to us all a little differently, hoping we'll tell each other
  327. Even if I'm on the right track, if I don't move I'll get run over
  328. Don't give up five minutes before the miracle
  329. Do not be discouraged
  330. Don't take everything personally
  331. When you feel left out, reach out
  332. Have patience with all things, but first with yourself
  333. Serenity comes when I stop expecting and start accepting
  334. Today is the tomorrow that I worried about yesterday
  335. Glance at the past, but don't stare at it
  336. Wherever you go- there you are
  337. To live or just exist- the choice is yours
  338. Focus on the program-not the problem
  339. One needn't make a crisis out of an incident
  340. When you're flat on your back, there's no way to look but up
  341. As you go through life, make this your goal- watch the donut not the hole
  342. No is a complete sentence
  343. It's hard to be hateful when you're being grateful
  344. Ulcers are what you get from mountain climbing on mole hills
  345. If you find yourself in a rut, stop digging
  346. The way to get anywhere is to start from where you are
  347. If you want serenity, put your Higher Power between you & your problem
  348. Expectations are premeditated resentments
  349. The main thing, is to keep the main thing, the main thing
  350. I may not be there yet, but i'm closer than I was yesterday
  351. A ship is safe in harbor, but that's not what ship's are for
  352. If your going through hell, keep going - Winston Churchill
  353. The fool didn't know it wasn't possible, so he did it
  354. The only failure is inaction, the rest is trial and error
  355. No one is to busy in this world, it's all about priorities
  356. No one can hurt you without your permission
  357. You never know the truth, you know a truth
  358. Be yourself, everyone else is already taken - Oscar Wilde
  359. Whether you think you can or can't, either way you're right - Henry Ford
  360. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything - Mark Twain
  361. Be the person your dog thinks you are - JW Stephens
  362. I know for sure, what we dwell on is who we become - Oprah Winfrey
  363. Death ends a life, not a relationship - Mitch Albom
  364. Better to get hurt by the truth, than comforted with a lie - Khaled Hosseini
  365. Do I not destory my enemies by making them my friends - Abraham Lincoln
  366. Luck is the residue of design - John Milton

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