Meaningful Sobriety Quotes

“AA is not for people who need it, its for people who want it.”

“If you’re not moving away from a drink you’re moving closer to it.”
“Sobriety is a journey; not a destination.”
“Call your sponsor before, not after, you take the first drink”
“We can be positive that our drinking was negative”
“If I think, I won’t drink. If I drink, I can’t think.”
“Even my worst day in sobriety is better than my best day drunk.”
“When all else fails, the directions are in the Big Book.”
“Why recovery never ends: the disease is alcoholISM, not alcoholWASM!”
“A coincidence is a miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous.”
“Having a resentment is like drinking poison and expecting someone else to die.”
“An alcoholic without a sponsor is like leaving Dracula in charge of the blood bank.”
“The first thing in the human personality that dissolves in alcohol is dignity.”
“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.” -Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
“Alcoholism isn’t a spectator sport. Eventually the whole family gets to play.” -Joyce Rebeta-Burditt
“If drinking is interfering with your work, you’re probably a heavy drinker. If work is interfering with your drinking, you’re probably an alcoholic.”
“My sobriety depends on who God is, not who I am.” -Duane M.
“Living our pre-AA active daily lifestyle is akin to switching seats on the Titanic.”
“The chains of alcohol are too light to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.”
“Whatever you put before your sobriety; you shall surely lose.”
“Regarding hanging out at bars: If you hang out at the barbershop long enough you’re bound to get a haircut.”

        
"Pain is the touchstone of spiritual growth."
"Happiness is appreciating what you have, not getting what you want."
"If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it."
"Remember: It's ok to look back but don't stare. "
" Alcoholic drinking's three stages: impulsive, compulsive, repulsive. "
"Those who abandon their dreams will discourage yours"
"We can no longer be content with just getting by."
"I spent a lifetime in hell and it only took me twelve steps to get to heaven."
"Would you like to be right or happy?"
"When I came to recovery I realized that being a child for 28 years nearly killed me"
"We came to these rooms not because we drank a lot, but because we drank too much."
"Serenity is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it."
"Minds are like parachutes. They only function when they are open. "
"Remember, don't run so fast that your guardian angel can't keep up"
"The longer I'm sober, the drunker I was."



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