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December 18 https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...1uqLBRRlpUSbkw "You've got one life to live. Don't screw it up with a lot of maybes, what-ifs, and could-have-beens. Focus on what you have." Beginners' Book Carmel Valley, Calif., August 2000 "Old Advice" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober |
December 19 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...LZqQ7EILAIZxXi "When I call my sponsor, my friends, someone on my home group's phone list, or someone who scribbled their number on a napkin after a meeting, I make progress ... If we just call, we help one another stay sober, one call at a time, one connection at a time." Beginners' Book Morristown, N.J., May 2003 "Just Call Me" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober |
December 20 "Like every AA member I have a definite responsibility to become a citizen of the world around me; to channel into it the experience of living and working which has been mine in our Fellowship. " Celebrating The Language of the Heart AA Co-Founder, Bill W., November 1961 https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...HrTL-wOVolVxMQ |
December 21 "Not picking up a drink creates infinite possibilities for me ... When I wake up in the morning I pray for what I need to get through the day sober. I also smile and say to myself, Who knows? This could be the greatest day of my life!" Beginners' Book New York, N.Y., January 2006 "Attitude Adjustment" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober http://angelwinks.net/images/lovepod/lovepod21.gif |
December 22 "My group included almost every type of alcoholic that old-timers feared most ... The amazing thing is most of us stayed sober, despite all the dire predictions. Why? Because the two things we had in common were more important than all our differences. We were alcoholics and we believed in the program of Alcoholics Anonymous." Beginner's Book Springville, UT, March 2000 "Courage to Change" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober http://www.animated-gifs.eu/phone-24...stmas/0273.gif |
December 23 "If faith without works is dead, willingness without action is fantasy." Cheverly, Md., February 1985 "Short Takes" AA Grapevine https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...1XnK3TIMwMdOoQ |
December 24 "Experience has taught us that simplicity is basic in preservation of our personal sobriety and helping those in need." Best of Grapevine Volume 2 AA Co-Founder, Dr. Bob, September 1948 "The Fundamentals in Retrospect" The Best of the Grapevine, Volume 2 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...FJwzMMibsg87Py |
December 25 "By whatever name we may call it, the spirit of Christmas is in us all. How best to give and how to receive with ever more gratitude is our common aim. We'd like to practice the spirit of Christmas the year around. Therefore, we shall especially ask ourselves at this season: 'What more can we find in order that we shall have more to give?" AA Co-Founder, Bill W., December 1952 "Every Day Is Christmas" AA Grapevine https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...ELu2kAoUBBJBCA |
December 26 "I heard my future told around the tables at my home group." Thank You For Sharing Houston, TX, October 1994 "Around the Tables," Thank You for Sharing https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...OPtfBtQSD3nRZC |
December 27 "Service made me feel useful. Twelfth Step work taught me to accept my past." Spiritual Awakenings Vol. 1 State College, Pa., April 1994 "Working Incognito" Spiritual Awakenings http://www.animated-gifs.eu/phone-24...anets/0013.gif |
December 28 "It feels good to be trusted." Beginners' Book Nipawin, Saskatchewan, November 2003 "Nobody's Fault but Mine" Beginner's Book: Getting and Staying Sober http://www.animated-gifs.eu/christmas-happy/0034.gif |
December 29 "Serenity is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it." Tacoma, Wash., April 1984 "Short Takes" AA Grapevine http://www.animated-gifs.eu/phone-240x320-snow/0042.gif |
December 30 "When I step out under the stars at night, they no longer seem cold or far away. They are a part of me and I am a part of them." Best of Grapevine Volume 2 L.G., Ontario, August 1962 "Boy Lying in the Grass" The Best of the Grapevine, Volume 2 http://www.animated-gifs.eu/holidays-new-year-uk/22.gif |
December 31 "Remembering to observe the Traditions of anonymity and nonendorsement, the AA member can carry AA's message into every troubled area of this very troubled world" Celebrating The Language of the Heart AA Co-Founder, Bill W., February 1958 "Problems Other Than Alcohol" The Language of the Heart http://www.animated-gifs.eu/holidays...ear-uk/112.gif |
January 1 "If humility can expel the obsession to drink alcohol, then surely humility can be our antidote for that subtle wine called success." Celebrating The Language of the Heart AA Co-Founder, Bill W., October 1947 "Traditions Stressed in Memphis Talk http://www.animated-gifs.eu/phone-24...new-year/2.gif |
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