The following slogans have helped many members of A.A. to stay sober.
1. I can’t handle it God…You take over.
2. One Day at a Time
3. Time takes Time
4. Don’t sweat the small stuff
5. Pick Your Battles
6. Normal is a setting on a washing machine!
7. Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen!
8. Let Go and Let God
9. Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
10. Every day is a second chance.
11. Listening is the beginning of Prayer.
12. Recovery is a journey; it is not a race.
13. Just do it!
14. We are only as sick as our secrets.
15. Happiness is a choice.
16. Live and let Live.
17. More will be revealed.
18. KISS…Keep it Simple Stupid!
19. Change is a process…not an event.
20. Willingness is the Key.
21. Seven missed meetings makes one weak.
22. GOD: Good Orderly Direction
23. Practice an attitude of gratitude.
24. Don’t quit five minutes before the miracle happens.
25. Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
26. No pain…No gain!
27. Sick and tired of being sick and tired.
28. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
29 Denial is not a river in Egypt!
30 We have the solution. You just have to want it bad enough.
31. Help is only a phone call away.
32. Get out of the driver’s seat; let go and let God.
33. The elevator is broken…use the steps.
34. Formula for failure: Try to please everyone.
35. Principles before personalities.
36. You are not alone.
37. HOW= Honest, Openness, Willingness
38. FEAR= Frustration, Ego, Anxiety, Resentment.
39. N.U.T.S.=Not Using the Steps
40. STOP=Surrender, Talk, Openness, Prayer
41. A.A. has a wrench to fit every nut who comes through the door.
42. If God is your co-pilot…switch seats!
43. If you turn it over and don’t let go of it, you will be upside down.
44. We forgive so we will be forgiven.
45. A.A. spoils your drinking.
46. A coincidence is a miracle in which God chooses to remain anonymous.
47. There are two days in every week which we have no control over—-yesterday and tomorrow. Today is the only day we can change.
48. A drug is a drug.
49. Short version of the Serenity Prayer: Lighten up.
50. The mind is like a parachute, it works better when it’s open
51. Don’t romance the drink.
52. We give it away to keep it.
53. We suffer to get well.
54. We surrender to win.
55. If you can’t remember your last drink, maybe you haven’t had it yet.
56. Expectations are premature resentments
57. FEAR = False Expectations Appearing Real
58. Serenity is not freedom from the storm; it is peace within the storm
58. Easy does it!
60. First things first.
61. Action not distraction.
62. Bless them; change me!
63. Came; Came to; Came to believe.
64. Courage is fear in action.
65. FEAR: Face everything and recover!
66. Hit your knees; not the bottle!
67. It’s hard to be hateful when your grateful!
68. Gratitude is a verb.
69. Progress not perfection
70. Sobriety is God’s gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God.
71. The only difference between a stumbling block and a stepping stone is our attitude.
72. You could be one drink away from never being sober again.
73. Your best thinking got you here.
74. Yesterday is history; Tomorrow is a mystery; Today is a gift; that’s why it’s called the Present!
75. You’ve got to get real to heal!
76. Seek respect, not attention.
77. I didn’t get sober to be miserable!
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