AA Grapevine - March 2014 - Bluidkiti's Alcohol and Drug Addictions Recovery Help/Support Forums

MajestyJo · 03-01-2014, 08:05 AM

March 1

"If I want to be of some use to someone (my family, my employer, my community) then I can be a leader by becoming a servant. This is one of those crazy paradoxes we find all over the AA program: being a servant to be a leader."

Humbolt, Saskatchewan, February 1996
"I Wish You Well"
AA Grapevine

MajestyJo · 03-03-2014, 10:29 PM

March 2

"I started to understand that while I didn't believe in churches, I had to see that something or someone was working in my life that hadn't been there before."

Beginners' Book

Naples, Italy, January 1994
"Get With the Program"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

MajestyJo · 03-03-2014, 10:41 PM

March 3

"Ever deepening humility, accompanied by an ever greater willingness to accept and to act upon clear obligations -- these are truly our touchstones for all growth in the life of the spirit."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1966
"The Guidance of AA's World Affairs"
The Language of the Heart

MajestyJo · 03-05-2014, 11:18 AM

March 4

"Alcoholics have short memories."

Beginners' Book

Paradise, Calif., October 2003
"'How It Works Works for Me"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

MajestyJo · 03-06-2014, 06:21 PM

March 5

"I still don't have answers for all the eternal questions, like why bad things happen to good people, or why babies die. But I have found that life works better when I focus more on how I am contributing to God's world than musing about what he is or is not doing in mine."

Woodinville, Wash., November 2013
"The Scoop"
AA Grapevine

MajestyJo · 03-06-2014, 06:21 PM

March 6

"Today, my short version of the Third Step is this: Keep taking care of me, Lord, because I appreciate it now."

Berrien Springs, Mich., April 1991
"Dear God: Keep Coming Back"
AA Grapevine

MajestyJo · 03-07-2014, 11:54 AM

March 7

"AA gives us a Ph.D. in life and a black belt in common sense."

Beginners' Book

Keego Harbor, Mich., June 1998
"Paradoxes of Sobriety"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

MajestyJo · 03-08-2014, 07:36 AM

March 8

"Great love is the sunlight of AA's tree of life."

Jackson, Miss., November 1964
"Let Go and Let God"
AA Grapevine

MajestyJo · 03-09-2014, 05:15 PM

March 9

"If there are challenges to be met today, I remember other days when what seemed impossible was made possible."

Beginners' Book

Huntington, W.V., August 2006
"Never Sober Today Before"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

As the old saying goes, "Put a tiger in your tank."

MajestyJo · 03-11-2014, 11:56 AM

March 10

"Trial and error produces group experience, and out of corrected experience comes custom. When a customary way of doing things is definitely proved to be best, then that custom forms into AA Tradition."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1948
"Tradition Two"
The Language of the Heart

MajestyJo · 03-11-2014, 11:59 AM

March 11

"I have come to believe that my drinking insanity is only one form of the craziness to which we AAs are prone. I call it Insanity A. Insanity B is finding out what works for you -- and then not doing it."

Beginners' Book

Prague, Czechoslovakia, February 2005
"Insanity B"
Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA

MajestyJo · 03-13-2014, 08:36 AM

March 12

"Some days are harder than others, but I have been told a person is not measured by what she has achieved but by what she has overcome."

Toledo, Ohio, September 2008
"The Measure of Success"
AA Grapevine

MajestyJo · 03-13-2014, 08:39 AM

March 13

"Because of this program I am starting to love myself again. I still get urges to 'drink and drug' but I don't let them run my life. I value good friends today. I value my serenity, and I value life today."

Thornton, Penn., April 1993
"A Valuable Commodity"
AA Grapevine

MajestyJo · 03-15-2014, 05:51 AM

March 14

"My heart sings with each new day."

Cleveland, Ohio, February 1993
"Facing the Truth"
AA Grapevine

MajestyJo · 03-16-2014, 02:44 AM

March 15

"Each AA has been an individual who, because of his alcoholism, could seldom govern himself. Nor could any other human being govern the alcoholic's obsession to drink, his drive to have things his own way ... Yet we alcoholics can be led, we can be inspired."

AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1947
"Will AA Ever Have a Personal Government?"
The Language of the Heart

03-01-2014, 08:05 AM	#1
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	AA Grapevine - March 2014 March 1 "If I want to be of some use to someone (my family, my employer, my community) then I can be a leader by becoming a servant. This is one of those crazy paradoxes we find all over the AA program: being a servant to be a leader." Humbolt, Saskatchewan, February 1996 "I Wish You Well" AA Grapevine __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-03-2014, 10:29 PM	#2
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 2 "I started to understand that while I didn't believe in churches, I had to see that something or someone was working in my life that hadn't been there before." Beginners' Book Naples, Italy, January 1994 "Get With the Program" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-03-2014, 10:41 PM	#3
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 3 "Ever deepening humility, accompanied by an ever greater willingness to accept and to act upon clear obligations -- these are truly our touchstones for all growth in the life of the spirit." AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1966 "The Guidance of AA's World Affairs" The Language of the Heart __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-05-2014, 11:18 AM	#4
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 4 "Alcoholics have short memories." Beginners' Book Paradise, Calif., October 2003 "'How It Works Works for Me" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-06-2014, 06:21 PM	#5
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 5 "I still don't have answers for all the eternal questions, like why bad things happen to good people, or why babies die. But I have found that life works better when I focus more on how I am contributing to God's world than musing about what he is or is not doing in mine." Woodinville, Wash., November 2013 "The Scoop" AA Grapevine __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-07-2014, 11:54 AM	#7
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 7 "AA gives us a Ph.D. in life and a black belt in common sense." Beginners' Book Keego Harbor, Mich., June 1998 "Paradoxes of Sobriety" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-08-2014, 07:36 AM	#8
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 8 "Great love is the sunlight of AA's tree of life." Jackson, Miss., November 1964 "Let Go and Let God" AA Grapevine __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-09-2014, 05:15 PM	#9
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 9 "If there are challenges to be met today, I remember other days when what seemed impossible was made possible." Beginners' Book Huntington, W.V., August 2006 "Never Sober Today Before" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA As the old saying goes, "Put a tiger in your tank." __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-11-2014, 11:56 AM	#10
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 10 "Trial and error produces group experience, and out of corrected experience comes custom. When a customary way of doing things is definitely proved to be best, then that custom forms into AA Tradition." AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1948 "Tradition Two" The Language of the Heart __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-11-2014, 11:59 AM	#11
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 11 "I have come to believe that my drinking insanity is only one form of the craziness to which we AAs are prone. I call it Insanity A. Insanity B is finding out what works for you -- and then not doing it." Beginners' Book Prague, Czechoslovakia, February 2005 "Insanity B" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober in AA __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-13-2014, 08:36 AM	#12
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 12 "Some days are harder than others, but I have been told a person is not measured by what she has achieved but by what she has overcome." Toledo, Ohio, September 2008 "The Measure of Success" AA Grapevine __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-13-2014, 08:39 AM	#13
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 13 "Because of this program I am starting to love myself again. I still get urges to 'drink and drug' but I don't let them run my life. I value good friends today. I value my serenity, and I value life today." Thornton, Penn., April 1993 "A Valuable Commodity" AA Grapevine __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-15-2014, 05:51 AM	#14
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 14 "My heart sings with each new day." Cleveland, Ohio, February 1993 "Facing the Truth" AA Grapevine __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

03-16-2014, 02:44 AM	#15
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	March 15 "Each AA has been an individual who, because of his alcoholism, could seldom govern himself. Nor could any other human being govern the alcoholic's obsession to drink, his drive to have things his own way ... Yet we alcoholics can be led, we can be inspired." AA Co-Founder, Bill W., January 1947 "Will AA Ever Have a Personal Government?" The Language of the Heart __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

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